Cannabis use and testosterone levels in men.

[oceangrownkush]

Can someone explain to me exactly what effect I has and how bad it is? From personal experience I must assume it is negligible.

 

[RetroGrow]

I don't know about testosterone levels, but it works like viagra on me. Increases pleasure.

 

[Iron_Lion]

I dunno about this one, I smoke many times a day and I've never had any issues building muscle or getting a woody. Maybe you are just lacking in the testo deparment naturally.

 

[BongRipkenJR.]

I have heard that smoking of any sort will drastically lower testosterone levels. I used to be a fighter and I would never burn before training. After I would burn a lot and I would be super calm. I am too lazy to look up any studies right now, but with how calm us stoners are I would guess it lowers your testosterone.

I will also put it out there that smoking cigs or weed will break down muscle tissue and make it harder to build muscle mass. I think the key is not smoking too much. Smoke a little and get a super good work out in! Good luck on your quest!

 

[ariston]

I have heard that smoking of any sort will drastically lower testosterone levels. I used to be a fighter and I would never burn before training. After I would burn a lot and I would be super calm. I am too lazy to look up any studies right now, but with how calm us stoners are I would guess it lowers your testosterone.

I will also put it out there that smoking cigs or weed will break down muscle tissue and make it harder to build muscle mass. I think the key is not smoking too much. Smoke a little and get a super good work out in! Good luck on your quest!

attitude is in no way a gauge for testosterone levels.

 

[Nirvana_Papaya]

I have noticed that I have started liking dicks a little bit after I started smoking pot. I also cry during some chick flicks..who knows. Anyone else noticing this trend?

 

[BlueBlazer]

Can someone explain to me exactly what effect I has and how bad it is? From personal experience I must assume it is negligible.

Took me two seconds to find this on-line with a google search.

Government experts concede that pot has no permanent effect on the male or female reproductive systems.1 A few studies have suggested that heavy marijuana use may have a reversible, suppressive effect on male testicular function.2 A recent study by Dr. Robert Block has refuted earlier research suggesting that pot lowers testosterone or other sex hormones in men or women.3 In contrast, heavy alcohol drinking is known to lower testosterone levels and cause impotence. A couple of lab studies indicated that very heavy marijuana smoking might lower sperm counts. However, surveys of chronic smokers have turned up no indication of infertility or other abnormalities.

Less is known about the effects of cannabis on human females. Some animal studies suggest that pot might temporarily lower fertility or increase the risk of fetal loss, but this evidence is of dubious relevance to humans.4 One human study suggested that pot may mildly disrupt ovulation. It is possible that adolescents are peculiarly vulnerable to hormonal disruptions from pot. However, not a single case of impaired fertility has ever been observed in humans of either sex.

Footnotes

1. Dr. Christine Hartel, loc. cit.

2. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Report, pp. 94-9.

3. Dr. Robert Block in Drug and Alcohol Dependence 28: 121-8 (1991).

4. NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Report, p. 97-8.

 

[BlueBlazer]

I want to add that I have vigorously tested this hypothesis myself and found that my testosterone levels are fine . . .

 

[Nirvana_Papaya]

Lol, man boobs. Does anyone else remembering hearing that in DARE program? My health teacher was dead serious when she talked about it, saying that it can cause guys to grow boobs. Ironically she was big into soy products, which turns out...actually can cause man boobs.

 

[ContaminatedNug]

it works like this.. pot makes us guys wanna do the chacha.. since were all losers and cant find women.. we all chacha our hands... after cha chaing with our hand 7 times a day for years on end.. we develop weird hormone fluctuations.. start bottoming out.. and then we come here for answers = fail

 

[BlueBlazer]

it works like this.. pot makes us guys wanna do the chacha.. since were all losers and cant find women.. we all chacha our hands... after cha chaing with our hand 7 times a day for years on end.. we develop weird hormone fluctuations.. start bottoming out.. and then we come here for answers = fail

I hope y'all won't be offended if I don't shake your hands . . .

 

[Nirvana_Papaya]

I rarely do it 7 times a day, averaging 4 here. You can shake my left hand, it usually only cups the balls. Only the right one touches the shaft.

..did I just violate the TOU?


Edit: Nope, just checked. As long as I don't show you a picture of it, I'm okay.

 

[McTore]

^HAHAHA

I don't know about the TOU, but that cracked me up!!

 

[HOPS5K]

I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but...I always notice guys who smoke pot, tend to have more girls than boys in their brood...like, I know several men who smoked copious amounts of pot before they knocked up their wives and guess what, yep, all girls.

 

[PoopyTeaBags]

i remember dare telling me it would make me not be able to have kids... shrinks my sperm count or some shit....

 

[Haps]

There is one benefit to lower testosterone some of us may experience. Too much testo causes male baldness as we age. Since I came back to growing and smoking daily, my hair mostly stopped falling out.

 

[BlueGrassToker]

I have noticed that I have started liking dicks a little bit after I started smoking pot.

I wouldn't sweat it too bad. I understand that just a little bit of it isn't going to hurt you too bad. I think it's only when you are licking em all the time that things turn.
Wait...you said liking them. You should be fine with just liking em.
Hell, I like mine just fine and I don't see a problem. Although you did describe in the plural...

 

[BlueBlazer]

I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but...I always notice guys who smoke pot, tend to have more girls than boys in their brood...like, I know several men who smoked copious amounts of pot before they knocked up their wives and guess what, yep, all girls.

Two boys and one girl here. Guess I need to smoke more . . .

 

[kayaN0W]

ugghhhh...do a bloody google search and come to ur own conclusion on pot and test. otherwise ur gonna get opinions and replies like all of these....while most are hilarious LOL...ur no wiser then u were before starting this thread.

Or you can just listen to someone like myself and pick and choose what you want to hear and make ur decision that way. I for one have smoked pot before every workout for the past 2 years....no prohormones, no roids, just good ole fashion weights and eating to gain weight....no problems at all. Only adverse side effect is on leg days, damn near pass out after squatting heavy while stoned lol...but then again thats part of what i like. Most of the guys at my gym do the exact same thing i do...and they all have full heads of hair, pretty sure theyre not havin probs gettin their rocks off either.

All this question is doing is making pot WAAAAAAYYYYYY more mysterious then what it needs to be (in ur eyez that is) DONT DO THAT.....next thing you know you'll be rockin out D.A.R.E shirts. Just accept pot for what it is, and how it makes "YOU" feel.

 

[longearedfriend]

I have noticed that I have started liking dicks a little bit after I started smoking pot. I also cry during some chick flicks..who knows. Anyone else noticing this trend?

Testosterone has nothing to do with homosexuality

Men with higher levels of testosterone tend to have a more masculine appearance, tend to behave in a more masculine fashion, and tend to be more aggressive. Men with less testosterone tend to look and act somewhat more like women, and women with more testosterone than other women tend to look and act somewhat more like men. However, there is no overpowering connection between testosterone levels and homosexuality in human beings: Researchers have found no differences between male homosexuals and heterosexuals when it comes to how much testosterone is circulating in their blood. Apparently, our sexual orientation is a bit more complicated than that of rats and mice!