Smoking Weed Might Be Making Your Vagina Dry, According To Science

If you’re a girl who smokes weed, you’ll probably want to read this. If you’re a guy who has a girlfriend with a dry vagina, this’ll help you convince yourself it’s nothing to do with you. If you’re in neither of those two groups you’ll probably still want to read this because it’s quite interesting.

According to reports, smoking weed gives you more than just a dry mouth, which puts a bit of a dampener on stoner sex in the long run.

After surveying 8,650 people in Australia in 2009, scientists noticed the link between marijuana usage and poor vaginal lubrication. It’s a topic openly discussed online but there is certainly call for more scientific studies to really settle whether it does or not once and for all.

Dr. Julie Holland, author of “Moody Bitches: The Truth About The Drugs You’re Taking, The Sleep You’re Missing, The Sex You’re Not Having, and What’s Really Making You Crazy,” is one of few that have really delved in to (the study of) vaginal effects of marijuana usage and general sexual health effects.

Even UrbanDictionary seems to be familiar with the term, here’s their elegant-as-ever description:

Just as allergy medicines can dry you up thanks to your mucus membranes, pot can do the same.

It seems like this is quite dependable from girl to girl but many are now finding it a problem. You can read the doctors full interview with VICE here. If you think drugs should be legal, or even if you don’t, this piece on ending the drug war is sure to gain your interest.