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Marijuana Ingredient Can Help Heal Broken Bones
Posted by CN Staff on July 21, 2015 at 12:08:11 PT
By Matt Ferner, National Reporter
Source: Huffington Post
Israel -- Scientists in Israel are exploring another medical use for marijuana: Their research indicates that a compound in the plant helps heal bone fractures. The new study, published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, found that broken bones healed faster and stronger when the patient received the non-psychoactive compound cannabidiol, or CBD. 
"We found that CBD alone makes bones stronger during healing, enhancing the maturation of the collagenous matrix, which provides the basis for new mineralization of bone tissue," said Dr. Yankel Gabet, one of the lead researchers, in a statement. "After being treated with CBD, the healed bone will be harder to break in the future."Researchers administered CBD to a group of rats with mid-femoral fractures. After just eight weeks, they saw marked improvement in the broken bones. They injected another group of rats with a mixture of CBD and THC, marijuana's psychoactive ingredient. Comparing the results, they concluded that CBD alone was an effective treatment. Researchers explained that humans have a naturally occurring endocannabinoid system, which regulates a number of physiological processes as well as the skeleton. The human brain and body are thus prepped to be responsive to cannabinoids, even those from an outside source like marijuana.Gabet of the Bone Research Laboratory at Tel Aviv University and the late professor Itai Bab of the Bone Laboratory at Hebrew University led the research.A number of studies in recent years have demonstrated the medical potential of marijuana. Purified forms of cannabis have been tied to better blood sugar control and may help slow the spread of HIV. A growing body of research suggests CBD may also be effective in reducing inflammation brought on by multiple sclerosis, stopping metastasis in many kinds of aggressive cancer, killing cancerous cells in people with leukemia and serving as an alternative antipsychotic treatment."The clinical potential of cannabinoid-related compounds is simply undeniable at this point," Gabet said. Seventeen U.S. states have legalized CBD for limited medical use or research, and 23 other states have more broadly legalized marijuana for medical purposes. Still, the federal government continues to ban the plant, classifying it as one of the "most dangerous" drugs with "no currently accepted medical use."Source: Huffington Post (NY)Author: Matt Ferner, National Reporter	Published: July 20, 2015Copyright: 2015 HuffingtonPost.com, LLC Contact: scoop huffingtonpost.comWebsite: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/URL: http://drugsense.org/url/wjJpH1XyCannabisNews Medical Marijuana Archiveshttp://cannabisnews.com/news/list/medical.shtml 
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Comment #6 posted by Hope on July 30, 2015 at 21:14:37 PT
Observer. 
Once again. Extraordinarily observant. 
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Comment #5 posted by observer on July 30, 2015 at 17:46:15 PT
Weasel Worded to Avoid the Evil THC ?
This media release seems crafted to leave the impression that THC wasn't as effective as CBD. re: "broken bones healed faster and stronger when the patient received the non-psychoactive compound cannabidiol, or CBD."Than untreated or vs THC? Ambiguous.re: "We found that CBD alone makes bones stronger ... " etc.Than untreated or vs THC? Again: ambiguous.re: "They injected another group of rats with a mixture of CBD and THC, marijuana's psychoactive ingredient. Comparing the results, they concluded that CBD alone was an effective treatment.""Was an effective treatment." But this still doesn't tell us if CBD was more/less/same effectiveness as THC. It does say that CBD worked. But what about THC? So, again, ambiguous on the relative effectiveness. This seems to be weaseling. My impression is that THC worked as well or better than CBD, but they fear for their funding and don't want to say that. So they weasel-word something intentionally confusing, to leave the impression that the wicked THC doesn't work for broken bones like the good, non- psychoactive CBD works. The opposite is more likely the case, reading between the lines here. (Why would they weasel like that otherwise?) 
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Comment #4 posted by Sam Adams on July 21, 2015 at 19:09:57 PT
Prohibition
how many animals have been tortured to "research" this plant! More than enough research has been done - the verdict is in. The verdict was in thousands of years ago! This plant is totally non-toxic, and has a multitude of healing, beneficial effects on the body's physiology. there's no reason to torture small animals - just take it! Grow it and take as much as you can every day! Humans knew this 10,000 years ago and probably 100,000 years ago.
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Comment #3 posted by Hope on July 21, 2015 at 13:48:21 PT
Probably....
they could have looked at healing rates in certain skateboarders and snowboarders that had some accidentally broken bones and were already partaking.I know. There are an abundance of rats... and I don't even like rats... at all. I just hate that living creatures are hurt like this for studies of any kind. Even studies that help mankind. It may be necessary, but it's not necessary to like it.That being said. Mankind has been given an amazing plant. I know there are many... but cannabis is no doubt an amazing plant and full of healing and healthful gifts of nature.
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Comment #2 posted by Hope on July 21, 2015 at 13:42:38 PT
 :0(
Except, of course, it's awful about what the rats were put through. I know they didn't accidentally break their little bones.
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Comment #1 posted by Hope on July 21, 2015 at 13:39:25 PT
 Lol!
Should have looked at the main page before I hit the comments! I commented on this in another thread.
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