Cannabis-based drugs might relieve bowel disease

Derivatives of the active compound in cannabis—cannabinoids—may have the potential for treating inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative colitis, UK researchers report.

“The system that responds to cannabis in the brain is present and functioning in the lining of the gut,” said lead researcher Dr. Karen Wright, of the University of Bath. “There is an increased presence of one component of this system during inflammatory bowel diseases,” she explained.

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