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The latest research found that the risk of the most aggressive type of testicular cancer to men who smoke cannabis. According to the research men who smoked at least once a week or who had smoked since adolescence were twice as likely to develop the disease as those who didn’t use the drug, the U.S. researchers found.
Dr Stephen Schwartz, who led the study, said their study still have many question not been answer. At the first they though that marijuana use may be associated with testicular cancer.
‘What young men should know is that first, we know very little about the long-term health consequences of marijuana smoking, especially heavy marijuana smoking – and second, our study provides some evidence that testicular cancer could be one adverse consequence. So in the absence of more certain information, a decision to smoke marijuana recreationally means that one is taking a chance on one’s future health.’ explain Dr Stephen Schwartz.
From the study at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle, Washington, they conclude that men who smoked cannabis were 70 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with the disease and men who smoked at least once a week or who had smoked since adolescence were twice as likely to have testicular cancer, they report in the journal Cancer.
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