Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Does Marijuana Cause ED?

Over 60 million people in the US have tried marijuana. Millions of American men smoke marijuana regularly. What effect does it have on their sex drives? Can it cause ED?

I did some research on this question. Here is a link to an article (from 1981) in the New York Times (LINK HERE). It says that short term, the active drug in marijuana (THC) raises testosterone, which is good; however, chronic use can significantly lower testosterone, which is bad. This may be why some young men who smoke a lot of pot have a low sex drive.

Most of the other information I can find supports this view, which would affect men and women.

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