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Exploring the Association between Cannabis Use and Testosterone Levels in Men Receiving Methadone Maintenance Treatment

Abstract

Cannabis and opioids are substances that affect reproductive health. Opioids suppress testosterone and studies have shown that cannabis may increase testosterone. However, there is minimal research describing the endocrine effects of concurrent cannabis and opioid use. We hypothesize that cannabis use improves opioid-induced testosterone suppression. To test this hypothesis, we used cross-sectional data from a prospective cohort study including …

Authors

Chai D; Rosic T; Bawor M; Samaan Z

Journal

Psychiatry International, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 67–74

Publisher

MDPI

DOI

10.3390/psychiatryint1020008

ISSN

2673-5318