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another marijuana related story plastic surgeon doctor
Anthony youn who's a CNN contributor says
that he thinks smoking marijuana can lead to the condition colloquially known
as
man *** or gynecomastia as it is
known in the medical community this is a condition that a
affect about 33 to 41 percent of men between age 25 and 45
more common during puberty affecting sixty percent
a fourteen year old boys most cases have this Louis resolve spontaneously
some don't and they require or at least are candidates for plastic surgery
and doctor Anthony youn says that when he has patients come in
up but male patients course with this issue with this complaint he will asked
whether they smoke marijuana and he says that based on his results
he started thinking there was actually something there
now animal studies have shown that the exposure
to the active ingredient in marijuana can result in a decrease in testosterone
levels
a reduction of testicular size and
abnormalities in the form and function apps burn
and in humans the effects of marijuana on testosterone and estrogen
aren't quite as clear however there have been a couple have different studies
that look at the connection between cannabis
and gynecomastia and I seventy to study says they're
is a connection a 1977 study says the connection is unclear
and this is now something that that numerous plastic surgeons are talking to
their patients about
what do you think what's your reaction I'm trying to think up
anecdotal evidence the best and I'm not coming up with anything
I and it seems like just if we're just learning this now
I'm seems like something we should have done a long time ago considering how
prevalent this is Ben
in our country right the the a cup with you right now one person that emailed me
a couple people
emailed me this article and one of them said remember all that racist fear
mongering to scare people into supporting the drug war
is this may be just another version at the same thing whoa we've got oppose
marijuana being legal
because you gonna get man *** into that I would say
if that is being done it's very very stupid because
even if I as as a non consumer
marijuana I could say yeah you know what man ***
is one of the that's that's one reason not to smoke marijuana
but that doesn't make me think that it should be legal and that we should
disproportionately in prison
minorities to prevent man *** it's just that it would be a silly
way to try to push the drug war definitely
I mean in this case I'm going to you're just too soon compared that this doctor
is unbiased
and I'm that we're getting his honest in your yeah if anything if if he has less
patience
as a result of this advice he would actually make less money so maybe that's
a sign that he's just
giving us is honest the penny