We’ve all been there: you head back home with your guy after a party, try to get a little action going, and find that his, um, little friend is too wasted to cooperate. If we haven’t experienced it first hand, we at least have heard about whiskey dick. Turns out, alcohol isn’t the only substance that can hinder a guy’s performance in the bedroom – Playboy reports that weed might have a similar effect.
According to Justin Lehmiller, Ph.D., some men have said smoking marijuana can make him last longer in bed, but that’s probably not the case. In actuality, the high guy’s perception of time might simply be different, leading him to think he’s lasting longer. Smoking weed could actually be hurting sexual performance, not helping.
Studies done in animals have shown that pot can affect certain receptors in the penis’s erectile tissue, which could potentially be true of human erectile tissue as well, and new research found that people who smoke weed every day are three times as likely to suffer erectile dysfunction than people who don’t smoke at all.
Don’t look at your weed-loving friend funny just yet. Lehmiller says that different cannabis strains will affect people differently. In conclusion, “weed dick” might be a thing or it might just be a factor for some guys. The data they did collect did lead researchers to believe the issue is worth further investigation.
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