Marijuana Research Offers New Hope For Male Birth Control Pill

LOL @ exploiting gods way of limiting children borne to liberals cancer patents and in generally less useful people.

LOL @ animemaster's bad grammar.

I smell a burn.

--GTO--

So a guys fertility is only affected when endocannabinoid anandamide is present in the body? so quitting for a short period should get you back to a normal fertility rate?

"Hv1 activates in alkaline environments, like the vagina."

The vagina, uterus and cervix are actually acidic in nature. Although ejaculate is alkali in nature to neutralize this.

If marijuana were an effective form of birth control hippy chicks wouldn't be getting pregnant and having little hippy kids.

The aggression towards marijuana users is kind of silly. It's safer and less addictive than alcohol or tobacco.

Some people are really reading too far into this. A few things to keep in mind, people.

This entire study was done using synthetic cannabinoids. Synthetic cannabinoids have a similar molecular structure to those in marijuana, but are absolutely not the same. Would you drink Hydrogen Peroxide (HO)? Of course not, and yet it's molecularly the same as water (H20) - minus one hydrogen atom.

So, what should we take from this?

Marijuana use has not been linked to lower fertility when looking at demographics and birth rates among users. What does that tell us? While marijuana may or may not effect how sperm swim, it's probably an acute effect that has no long term fertility consequences.

However, in a laboratory setting some synthetic cannabinoids have been shown to cause sperm to swim prematurely and die. This potentially could lead to a birth control method for men, but this is just the first step.

iSynic

Please check your facts before posting such an authoritive comment on science!!
Hydrogen Peroxide is H2O2 not HO-therefore it is water with an extra oxygen, not minus a hydrogen. Since it it composed of a different number of atoms to water how on earth can it be molecularly the same? Where did you learn your chemistry, from this site??

@dj-janx, where'd you learn to read it clearly state's in his statment " Synthetic cannabinoids have a SIMILAR molecular structure to those in marijuana" meaning not the exact, so even though he made a simple mistake with his chem, what he said is xompletly valid. (fyi synthetic don't have the exact same chemical structure as real version meanin there missing an atom) dummkoff

I tried pot as a form of birth control. All it did was made me stupid enough to not use a condom. Now I'm raising a hippy kid!

Is this a Michael Phelps joke? It says smoking pot can make lazy swimmers.

What a concept! Send pot to the third world to reduce the birth rate.

In the old days, condom machines bore a sign reading, "for prevention of disease only." Now, to please the Catholics, the packages of pot could read "for getting high only."

@Isynic
yeah you need to go take a chemistry class. dj-janx explained what hydrogen peroxide is, and HO, which is properly expressed as OH-, is a polyatomic ion known as hydroxide.

You need a reading comprehension class more than I need a chemistry class. My point was valid, regardless of if I misrepresented hydrogen peroxide's molecular composition.

Gotta love these semantic pissing contests.

Why is it so astonishing that marijuana has some other value than recreational?

it's astonishing because everyone just loves to point out a bad thing... and build upon that one stupid thing until it's a towering skyscrapepr of BS...

but hey...let's go look at the good things it can do, and people just go back to pointing out how bad it is cause' stoners go and get loopy on the stuff...

weed - gets you high
but weed doesn't kill you, and it makes you not have kids, along with tons of other crap i don't feel like looking up because it's 12:30 and im tired...

I see the amazing possibilities life offers but the risks scare me. I'm not much of a risk taker. Even if my life is the best it can be, the tragedies of the world make it not worthwhile for me. Could you please suggest this to my parents? Mom & dad please use birth control or the day-after pill so a sperm does not fertilize me. I want to stay where I am. Please consider that I may not want to be born, don't just consider what you want.

Isynic & Spartacus are the ones that need reading (and writing ) lessons. The post clearly states water and hydrogen peroxide are molecularly the same -they are not!!
I never mentioned the comparison of synthetic or natural cannabinoids-dumbass!!!

Alright, I'm going to be as clear as I can for you Dj.

I stated that hydrogen peroxide was the same as water minus one hydrogen atom. Clearly I was wrong, it's plus one oxygen atom. I already conceded that you were right about that, I simply misrepresented Hydrogen Peroxide.

Regardless, my point wasn't that Hydrogen Peroxide is (HO) or (H2O2), nor that it's the same as water. My point was that although they are structurally similar, they're in fact very different. Structurally similar in the same way that synthetic cannabinoids are to real cannabinoids; but, again, they're not the same.

You think we're on opposite sides but we're really not.

And, of course, any time there is any article on marijuana the morons will check in with their hippy jokes. But, of course, they are just following the lead of a hack writer who couldn't resist the opportunity to talk about "lazy and apathetic . . . spliff-ripping burnouts". If only the author was half as intelligent as some of the spliff-rippers I have met.

Hey, Stuart Fox, have you earned your first billion yet? Until you do, maybe you ought to take some lessons from some of the spliff-rippers who have.

But I gotta tell you that all you guys with your hippy jokes are the most original and hilarious people I have met. I laughed even harder than the first ten thousand times I heard those lines. You guys, including the author, are such gifted comedy writers that it is hard to understand why Saturday Night Live has not snatched you up already.

Now back to the real news. The short story here is that there may be a chemical somehow related to cannabis that may be useful for male contraception. But nobody really knows yet, and it doesn't have much to do with smoking marijuana.

But don't let that stop the stupid comments, even from the author.

And, of course, any time there is any article on marijuana the morons will check in with their hippy jokes. But, of course, they are just following the lead of a hack writer who couldn't resist the opportunity to talk about "lazy and apathetic . . . spliff-ripping burnouts". If only the author was half as intelligent as some of the spliff-rippers I have met.

Hey, Stuart Fox, have you earned your first billion yet? Until you do, maybe you ought to take some lessons from some of the spliff-rippers who have.

But I gotta tell you that all you guys with your hippy jokes are the most original and hilarious people I have met. I laughed even harder than the first ten thousand times I heard those lines. You guys, including the author, are such gifted comedy writers that it is hard to understand why Saturday Night Live has not snatched you up already.

Now back to the real news. The short story here is that there may be a chemical somehow related to cannabis that may be useful for male contraception. But nobody really knows yet, and it doesn't have much to do with smoking marijuana.

But don't let that stop the stupid comments, even from the author.

Hmmmm maybe some real research could be done if our stupid laws changed to allow people to use and research with marijuana. Until then, keeping expecting completely ignorant articles (like all of stuart fox's writing) as well as ignorant comments (like those from animemaster and smack 5446).
Luckily there are a few people left who have their own moral code and don't just blindly follow the government's ridiculous rules, but follow their own - those that understand history and try not to repeat it.
My favorite comment has been genedoug tho,
"In the old days, condom machines bore a sign reading, "for prevention of disease only." Now, to please the Catholics, the packages of pot could read "for getting high only.""
Hilarious in its accuracy!

Whats really sad about this article is that, if you actually read the article that this is linked to, and follow the links and references all the way down, you'll find that none of this "science writing" is even based on real research, neither does it agree with the conclusions of the actual scientists who were involved.
Ignorant writers like Stuart Fox find a sensational headline and just run with it, when it only takes a few minutes of clicking through the links and reading to discover that the actual research and conclusions by the scientists involved have little/nothing to do with the crap that's being written.

The only fertility claim made by the actual research is involving cannabinoids that the body normally produces naturally, having no connection to cannabis use.

Stuart Fox's articles, if not read critically, I have concluded with some research, could cause mental retardation. Beware.

Not true, look at at Wille Nelson & Bob Marley for example... Marley had 13 kids!!!!!

Quotes From Wiki: "Cannabinoids are a group of terpenophenolic compounds present in Cannabis (Cannabis sativa L) and which occur naturally in the nervous and immune systems of animals.

"Anandamide, also known as N-arachidonoylethanolamine or AEA, is an endogenous cannabinoid neurotransmitter found in animal and human organs, especially in the brain."

It also says that Anandamide is responsible for its effect on feeding behavior, similar to the "munchies"

This is such an angled article it makes me sick to see it on PopSci. Going after the stoners now are we?? Since when have you been into that? We're probably half your audience and likely just as intelligent as the other half! .. and yes, we make babies just fine!

hehe... I could see Faux News jumping all over this one, Reagan Style....

ah.. this is the one I was looking for...

"Endocannabinoids are substances produced from within the body which activate cannabinoid receptors. After the discovery of the first cannabinoid receptor in 1988, scientists began searching for an endogenous ligand for the receptor."

Phytocannabiniods are produced by plants, so the following quote completely either contradicts or exposes itself..

"Kirichok's study showed that endocannabinoid anandamide, a chemical found in the kind bud, raises the testes' pH"

Found in kind bud... really?

My daughter was conceived on 4/20. Can't say I recommend marijuana as birth control.

We already have a number of methods to prevent pregnancy. I would be interested in finding out about other marijuana-related research. I smoked marijuana regularly during my pregnancy, and I have observed that my daughter has an unusually long attention span for a two-year-old. She is also noticeably smarter than most of the people who have commented on this article. I have heard that marijuana can have a positive effect on people suffering from ADD. Perhaps this would be a viable alternative to giving children methamphetamine?

I'd also like to thank all of the conservatives out there minding my business. Constant vigilance! Out there somewhere is a third-grader who hasn't read Harry Potter. See if you can find him before I do....

Wow... Didn't see that one coming.

http://www.FertilAidReviews.com
http://www.FertilityBlendReviews.com

Marijuana is illegal for all the wrong reasons, alcohol should be illegal before a dried plant. Makes me sick, and the dim witted people who think it makes you dumb makes me laugh, MJ has a lot of uses and I don't think there is anybody who can really prove anything negative about it, but I know sombody will try, so bring it ha

We already have a number of methods to prevent pregnancy. I would be interested in finding out about other marijuana-related research.
www.promdresspicture.com
I smoked marijuana regularly during my pregnancy, and I have observed that my daughter has an unusually long attention span for a two-year-old. She is also noticeably smarter than most of the people who have commented on this article. I have heard that marijuana can have a positive effect on people suffering from ADD. Perhaps this would be a viable alternative to giving children methamphetamine?

لم يتم استخدام الماريجوانا يرتبط انخفاض الخصوبة عند النظر في التركيبة السكانية ومعدلات المواليد بين المستخدمين. ماذا يخبرنا ذلك؟ الماريجوانا في حين قد تكون أو لا تأثير كيف تسبح الحيوانات المنوية ، وربما أثر الحادة التي لا يوجد لديه عواقب طويلة المدى الخصوبة.
www.thaicarnews.com
www.autonewstoday.net