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Young cannabis users 'could be ruining their sex lives'

Ananova

Thursday 18 Oct 2001

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A medical practitioner in Glasgow says young cannabis users could be
ruining their sex lives.

John McCoid says patients as young as 17 are impotent because of heavy
cannabis use.

Mr McCoid runs men's sexual health clinics at the city's Royal Infirmary.

Mr McCoid, who's been organising the clinics for 13 years, told the Evening
Times: "Initially, cannabis acts as a stimulant but heavy use lowers the
production of the male hormone testosterone and that leads to a lowering of
sex drive."

Professor Roger Pertwee, an expert on the effect of drugs on the brain,
says: "It is established that cannabis acts on the pituitary gland in the
brain and lowers testosterone levels, so it's entirely possible it can
cause this problem."

 

 

 

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