Daily cannabis users have 20% more sex than non-users, according to a recent study from the prestigious Stanford University School Of Medicine.
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The findings, published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, were based on an analysis of more than 50,000 Americans aged 25-45.
“Frequent marijuana use doesn’t seem to impair sexual motivation or performance. If anything, it’s associated with increased coital frequency,” said the study’s senior author, Michael Eisenberg, MD, assistant professor of urology.
The study is the first to examine the relationship between cannabis use and frequency of sexual intercourse.
The study’s Dr. Eisenberg noted that the study shouldn’t be misinterpreted as having proven a causal link. “It doesn’t say if you smoke more marijuana, you’ll have more sex,” he said.
Read more on Stanford Medicine’s website here.
