Effects of Marijuana to the Penis
While most men are banging about how smoking weed makes them feel high, and how it makes them last longer, it turns out that weed does not have such positive impacts. Several animal studies have shown that marijuana has an inhibitory impact on particular receptors in the erectile tissues of the penis and this makes it hard for an erection to occur.
There is no any human research done yet concerning the phenomenon, but it is evident that weed is less of a sexual enhancer and more of an inhibitor.
Smoking weed can be relaxing, but at times the relaxing it offers is not the type that any man would wish. No person wants to be too much relaxed during sexual intercourse. Too much marijuana causes erectile dysfunction. The user may feel high while the dick stays low. Some people think that weed increase sexual pleasure since some patients from Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic said that smoking marijuana improved their sexual experience.
More about erection
An erection occurs as a result of relaxation of the corpus cavernosum muscles of the penis. When the muscle relaxes, it increases the blood flow, and this causes an erection. If the muscle is inhibited from relaxation, then there is an occurrence of an erectile dysfunction, and this is why one has to use drugs like Viagra to enhance the relaxation of the muscle thus prolonging erections.
Both the brain and periphery have cannabinoid receptors, which are activated by Tetrahydrocannabinol. When the brain receptors are activated, it makes you feel stoned, but the activation may have adverse effects on some body parts.
Corpus cavernosum has the cannabinoid receptors too, and Tetrahydrocannabinol does not discriminate it either. When you use marijuana, the enzyme makes into your blood stream which hits both the brain and the penis, and this inhibits the corpus cavernosum from relaxing.
The study suggested that for an erection to occur, cannabinoid receptors have to be activated since blocking the receptors prevents erection.
Viagra will create a positive impact since it enhances the relaxation of the muscles responsible for erection.