A recent study has revealed a surprising advantage for women who indulge in cannabis before engaging in sexual activities.
As of 2023, about 17 percent of Americans reported having used cannabis, with the substance becoming legally available in 24 states, such as Ohio and Minnesota, which have more recently permitted its recreational use.
Numerous studies have explored how cannabis affects the human body, focusing on aspects like male hormones or neurological impacts.
However, a 2024 study featured in Sexual Medicine highlighted a specific benefit of cannabis use for women preparing for sexual encounters.
The research analyzed data from hundreds of sexually active women who used cannabis between March and November 2022.
The participants were asked to provide information on their orgasm frequency, ease of reaching orgasm, and overall satisfaction when using cannabis compared to not using it before sex.
The findings were remarkable, showing that women who had difficulties achieving orgasm experienced a nearly 40 percent increase in orgasm frequency after consuming cannabis.
Additionally, close to 89 percent of participants reported reaching orgasm more frequently when they used cannabis.
Moreover, the percentage of women who said they never reached orgasm dropped from 36 percent without cannabis to just 11 percent after using the substance.
Suzanne Mulvehill, the study’s lead author and executive director of the Female Orgasm Research Institute, commented: “I was interested in this topic because it was cannabis that helped me overcome my own orgasm difficulty, something I tried to overcome for more than 30 years, seeing four sex therapists in this time frame and trying other treatment modalities.”
“I wanted to research if other women who had orgasm difficulty were also benefiting from cannabis.”
Mulvehill further explained: “The largest group of women with orgasmic dysfunction ‘Almost Always or Always’ orgasm with cannabis before sex and ‘Almost Never or Never’ orgasm without it.”
“Whereas women without orgasmic dysfunction tend to orgasm with or without cannabis before sex.”
Additionally, 86 percent of women reported higher satisfaction in their sexual experiences when using cannabis.
In contrast, those who did not use cannabis before sex reported a 43 percent satisfaction rate.
In an interview with PsyPost, Mulvehill added: “My research, which was the first to dichotomize women with and without orgasm difficulty, supported 50 years of cannabis and sex research, revealing statistically significant results that cannabis helps women who have orgasm difficulty and improves orgasm frequency, ease, and satisfaction.”
These findings present a contrast to some recent studies on the drug.