Afternoon everyone
Here a couple of bits of interesting cannabis news.
Science/Animal: Cannabidiol improves bone fracture healing in rats
Scientists of the Bone Laboratory of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, reported that the major non-psychoactive cannabis constituent, cannabidiol (CBD), enhances the biomechanical properties of healing bone fractures in rats. The maximal load capacity, but not the stiffness, of thigh bones from rats given a mixture of CBD and THC for 8 weeks was markedly increased by CBD. This effect does not apply to THC, and a combination with THC was not advantageous over CBD alone.
The callus material density was unaffected by CBD and/or THC. Fracture callus is a mass of heterogeneous tissue, which is later transformed to bone. CBD stimulated enzymes responsible for the cross-linking of collagen, the main structural protein of connective tissues. Authors wrote that this “is likely to contribute to the improved biomechanical properties of the fracture callus. Taken together, these data show that CBD leads to improvement in fracture healing and demonstrate the critical mechanical role of collagen crosslinking enzymes.”
Spain: Operators of the Cannabis Social Club Pannagh acquitted
The Provincial Court of Vizcaya acquitted the 5 people accused in the "Pannagh case". Pannagh is one of the largest and best known cannabis social clubs of the country. The court stated that the activities of the association respect the limits of the concept of "collective consumption". In the sentence, the Chamber considers proven that the members of the association Pannagh that was legally constituted in 2003, "under Article 2 of the Law on Associations and in order to avoid the risks of the illegal market established a system that would allow access of members to guaranteed quality cannabis without violating the legal provisions applicable to the case.”
The sentence states that, contrary to the claims made in court by the prosecution, "it has not been proven that the defendants had constituted an association under a legal and formal coverage of a registered non-profit organization, to grow cannabis, prepare and distribute narcotic substances obtained from cannabis to third parties in exchange for money.” It also considers that it is not proven that cannabis flowers or hashish had been given to anyone who previously had not been a member.
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