In the same way that many drug education programs try to dissuade teens from using tobacco by telling them that cigarettes can lead to impotence, educators often claim that smoking marijuana reduces your sex drive. I'll admit that this claim has played a tiny role in my decision to abstain from pot, but much less so than the man-tits a few of my guy friends developed after sitting on the couch for days eating hot pockets and discussing the universal principles inherent in Adult Swim.
Michael Castleman of Psychology Today recently explored the research around the claim that marijuana impacts users' sex lives. He discovered only one 40-year-old report that claims marijuana reduces testosterone levels by 50%. This chemical change was assumed to impact users' libidos as this hormone is essential in triggering sexual arousal for men and women.
Another study published in the Journal of Sex Research found a split decision
