Scientists tested the drug against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, with promising results.
, or antimicrobial, resistance is where bugs such as bacteria can survive drugs created to kill them, making infections difficult, or impossible, to treat.—the non-psychoactive ingredient marijuana— killed all the strains of bacteria they tested in a lab, including some which are highly resistant to existing antibiotics.
The researchers also used the substance in mice, and found in a preliminary study it was effective for treating a skin infection.Newsweek Addressing the issue of antibiotic resistance more widely, he said the study shows there may be compounds that could be used as antibiotics that haven't been properly studied, he said.
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