Zarafshan Shiraz, Delhi
In the current generation, substance use including smoking tobacco, using other tobacco products or marijuana use is very common and the fact that these reduce fertility is not unknown yet, a new survey following US President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon people convicted of marijuana possession at the federal level has revealed that an overwhelming majority of Americans continue to broadly favour legalization of the drug. According to health experts, marijuana and cocaine may reduce sperm count and motion and increase the percentage of defective sperm.
Buerger disease, also called Thromboangiitis Obliterans, has been found in marijuana users. It is a disease in which the blood vessels of the hands and feet, they get inflamed, swollen, and subsequently blocked, leading to stoppage of blood supply at the ends of the fingers or the toes.
Yet, Rhode Island recently passed the Rhode Island Cannabis Act and joined the nineteen American states, two territories and the District of Columbia to legalise small amounts of marijuana for adult recreational use. The survey by Pew Research Center, came post Biden directing his administration to review how marijuana is classified under federal law and revealed that just one-in-ten (10%) Americans say marijuana use should not be legal.
The survey was conducted between October 10 to 16, 2022 where 88% US adults said that marijuana should be legal for medical and recreational use by adults or that it should…
