Scientists are concerned about the growing number of adolescents seeking medical help with potency problems. Most of them, by their own admission, have been smoking marijuana for several years.
Until now, the relationship between the drug and sexual dysfunction has not been scientifically proven, but experts insist that such studies should be carried out soon.
According to doctors, in the body of adolescents who came to them with the problem of impaired potency, there was a decrease in the amount of testosterone and, as a result, in sexual desire.
“In my clinic, I often see young people aged seventeen and older suffering from sexual dysfunction. In most cases, these patients started smoking marijuana very early, sometimes even as young as ten years old, ”says Ian Russell, Andrology and urology at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary in Scotland).
“They smoke five to six joints a week during puberty. This inhibits and injures the Leydig cells, in which testosterone is produced in men. It turns out that these guys at the age of fourteen or fifteen already have sexual dysfunctions, have no desire and have very, very low testosterone levels. This is not normal, ”adds Russell.
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