Do You Known Smoking Cannabis Can Drastically Harm A Man;s Fertility, Now You Known

A new researcher has it that Smoking cannabis more than once a week can drastically harm a man's fertility, lowering their sperm count by a third, experts have warned.

And when a man combines marijuana with harder drugs, including cocaine and ecstasy, the harm to sperm count was magnified. Danish researchers found that regular pot smoking - more than once a week.

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And was linked to a 29 per cent lower total sperm count, than those who smoked the drug less frequently or not at all. And when a man combined regular cannabis use with other recreational drugs, their sperm count fell by 55 per cent

It is not clear why taking marijuana damages a man's sperm count, but researchers told Livescience, it may be linked to how THC - the drug's psychoactive ingredient - interacts with specific receptors in the testes. To arrive at their findings, researchers analysed a group of 1,215 young Danish men aged between 18 and 28.

They were recruited between 2008 and 2012, after attending a compulsory medical examination to determine their fitness for military service

The men provided semen samples, had a blood sample taken and underwent a physical examination.

And, researchers quizzed them about whether they used marijuana and other recreational drugs, including cocaine, amphetamine and ecstasy, in the previous three months.

If the men reported taking drugs, they were asked how often on a scale from no use, to once a week and more than once a week.

A total of 45 per cent of the men had smoked marijuana within the last three months.

Around 10 per cent of the men had smoked cannabis in conjunction with other recreational drugs.

They found men who admitted to regularly smoking cannabis had a sperm count that was 29 per cent lower than those who report lighter use, or abstinence.

And when other recreational drugs were taken alongside the regular use of marijuana sperm count reduced by 55 per cent.

Researchers also noted cannabis smokers had higher levels of testosterone, within the same range as cigarette smokers