https://pathfertility.com/how-does-alcohol-affect-male-ferti...
> 5 drinks/week
This makes me wonder strongly what you would consider a significant amount of alcohol consumption, because 5 drinks/week seems like a huge amount to me already.
So I don't get your point?
> Current research suggests that cannabis may negatively impact male fertility. Further studies are needed to validate that robust findings in animal models will carry over into human experience.
My takeaway: if you are having trouble reproducing, and/or your doctor finds some anomalies in a full fertility workup, you may want to talk about your marijuana use with them. That's about it.
The strongest evidence of cannabis induced alterations in male fertility is in the category of semen parameters. Research supports a role for cannabis in reducing sperm count and concentration, inducing abnormalities in sperm morphology, reducing sperm motility and viability, and inhibiting capacitation and fertilizing capacity. Animal models demonstrate a role for cannabis in testicular atrophy, and reduced libido and sexual function but to our knowledge these results have not yet been replicated in human studies.
"These results" clearly refers to the animal model studies they mention later, so that caveat does not apply to the "strongest evidence" they lead with, about sperm motility and viability, etc. At least not to judge by the abstract.
You should discuss all use of non-prescribed drugs with your doctor on a routine basis.
Since your understanding of marijuana usage seems limited to recreational usage and you pejoratively call the consumers "potheads", I'd suggest you turn to the scientific literature, conclusively applied as policy in a growing number of countries, and confront your views to what you'd read.
The people decided that jail was a counterproductive public policy measure and the people decided that the supply chain could be controlled to protect consumers.
This concept will likely to be extended to most of the schedule, a new framework is necessary as prohibition is being repealed, again.
I initially read that as a side effect of not smoking weed anymore.
When my cousin stopped cold turkey, his speech/thoughts pace was a solid 50% up. It was surreal.
It just might be that BM was having a lot more sex than the average guy.
Probability alone would account for 12 (or 22) children.
The rate he went through groupies I would expect 100+
Hey man, if those are things you want, there are much easier ways which the government isn't clamping down on! You have my full support!
Why is this presented as new research?
Um.
That's very weak in my books. Cannabis is an aphrodisiac. If they found a small effect, it's something else.
What is that something else?:
https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/endocrine/ind...
Every single one of those is in your drinking water, most of them are in your food. It's even worse if you live coastal on salt water where they recycle water often. No government attempts to remove these. This is the reason you need water filtration or pay for the giant water bottles. Also the reason why many countries don't even bother trying to make clean water. Dont drink the water in Mexico etcetc.
