Cannabis for Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia, an illness characterized by chronic pain combined with some form of psychiatric diagnosis, still lacks an observable underlying pathology. The disease picture of fibromyalgia usually includes widespread chronic pains in muscles and connective tissue, joint stiffness, general weakness, exhaustion, depression, anxiety, and insomnia. “Nearly 2 percent of the general population in the United States suffers from fibromyalgia, the majority of them being middle-aged females.”