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Cannabis impacts Sperm Counts, Motility in Two Generations of mice

Mice who were exposed to cannabis looked dope as hell but had seriously impacted sperm count. Image credit: Egoreichenkov Evgenii/3dsam79/Shutterstock.com

An intense but short-term exposure to cannabis vapor lowered sperm counts and slowed sperm movement, or motility, not only in the directly exposed male mice but also in their sons.

The Washington State University study, published in the journal Toxicological Sciences, builds on other human and animal studies, showing that cannabis can impede male reproductive function. The current study uses more controlled circumstances than human studies, which often have to rely on surveys, and is the first known reproductive study to use vaporized whole cannabis in mice, which is the more common form humans use...

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