Block R I, Farinpour R, Schlechte J A
Department of Anesthesia, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 1991 Aug;28(2):121-8. doi: 10.1016/0376-8716(91)90068-a.
To investigate possible effects of chronic marijuana use on reproductive and stress hormones, we assayed testosterone, luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone, prolactin, and cortisol in 93 men and 56 women with a mean (+/- S.E.) age of 23.5 +/- 0.4 years. Hormone values were compared among groups of subjects stratified according to frequency of marijuana use (frequent, moderate and infrequent; N = 27, 18, and 30, respectively) and non-using controls (N = 74). Chronic marijuana use showed no significant effect on hormone concentrations in either men or women.
