Higher testosterone levels in men who smoke cannabis – The Leaf Online

Men who acknowledged having consumed cannabis over the course of the past year showed elevated levels of testosterone when compared to self-described non-users, according todatarecently published in theWorld Journal of Urology.

A team of investigators from the University of Chicago, the University of Miami, and John Hopkins University in Baltimore assessed the relationship between past-year cannabis use and testosterone levels in a cohort of self-reported cannabis consumers.

The team went on to measure the participants T (testosterone levels).

Authors reported, [M]en who reported smoking THC in the last year on average had a higher T compared to those who did not report using THC.

Those subjects who reported using cannabis at least two or three times per month possessed the greatest differences compared to non-users.

Paul Armentano is Deputy Director of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

Differences in testosterone levels persisted even after researchers adjusted for potential confounders, including age, co-morbidities, tobacco use, alcohol use, body mass index (BMI), exercise level and race.

They concluded: [This] analysis of a nationally representative cohort suggests that there is a dose-dependent effect of THC on T levels, the authors concluded.

Future prospective work using specific doses of THC and studies elucidating the mechanism of the association is required to corroborate these findings.

Full text of the study, The effect of tetrahydrocannabinol on testosterone among men in the U.S.: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, appears in theWorld Journal of Urology.

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