Cannabidiol, a nonpsychotropic component of marijuana, may enhance the healing process of bone fissures, according to a new study.
Bone formation is stimulated by cannabinoid receptors, which suggests that cannabinoid drugs may be a useful treatment for bone diseases and fractures.
“…Previously, researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) and Hebrew University in Israel found that the skeleton is regulated by cannabinoids and that bone formation is stimulated by cannabinoid receptors within the body, which inhibits bone loss. This finding suggested that cannabinoid drugs may be a useful treatment for bone-related diseases such as osteoporosis.
“The clinical potential of cannabinoid-related compounds is simply undeniable at this point,” says Dr. Yankel Gabet, of the Bone Research Laboratory at the Department of Anatomy and Anthropology at TAU’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine…”