According to some data obtained by specialists, there is a high probability that marijuana stimulates sexual activity. According to a recent study, it is likely that people who use marijuana often have sex more often.
The study reported that the women who participated in the study and who had consumed marijuana during the last month, reported having had sex more frequently than the other group of women who stated that they had not used marijuana.
In addition, the results were very similar in the group of hybrids, the scientists said, according to the study, men who said they had used marijuana in the last year reported having sex an average of seven times in the previous month, compared to an average of six times for men who said they had not used marijuana the previous year.
The National Survey of Family Growth (a federal survey that collects information on family relationships, reproductive health and drug use) was a valuable instrument for gathering important information; More than 50,000 people participated in this survey.
Thanks to this instrument, the researchers could count on excellent data to carry out their research, in this way they could examine the relationship between marijuana consumption and the frequency of sexual activity. It is known that 25 percent of the people who participated in this survey were men, while 15 percent were women.
The researchers used data from three survey cycles, one in 2002, one between 2006 and 2010, and one between 2011 and 2015. Participants were men and women aged 15 and 44, but the researchers limited their analysis to respondents aged 25 and over. and 44.
In each of the stages of the survey, the people who participated declared that they had used marijuana and increased the frequency of their sexual acts. In addition, the researchers noted in the report presented, that the study is not proof that the use of marijuana causes an increase in sexual activity; however, "the data imply that the regular use of marijuana will not affect sexual function or desire."
This research is an "impressive study because of its size"; according to the words of Joseph Palamar, associate professor of public health at the Langone Medical Center of the University of New York.
But Palamar, did not participate in this study, but, if he has closely followed the results obtained, he also emphasized that the findings show a correlation. In other words, if a person uses marijuana frequently, it would not directly cause more sexual activity.
"Actually, marijuana would have to be used shortly before or during sex to study its true sexual effects," the scientist told his colleagues. Actually, the survey did not ask each of the participants when they were using marijuana, for this reason, it is difficult to directly relate the use of the drug with sexual activity and the function based on this study, said Palamar.
This drug produces different effects in each person, for this reason, studying the relationship between marijuana and sexual activity could be complicated, in addition there are many factors that could influence the sexual experience, have opined some specialists.
"We do not know if it's good sex, we do not know if it's dysfunctional sex," said Dr. Palamar. It is also possible that people who are more likely to smoke marijuana are also more likely to have sex, or to report it in a survey. "It can be just a lifestyle or just a personality type."