{"id":4957,"date":"2023-02-15T07:46:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T12:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/strains-rx.fuelm.net\/?p=4957"},"modified":"2023-04-07T09:02:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:02:00","slug":"cannabis-is-it-love-potion-no-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/strains-rx.com\/education\/cannabis-is-it-love-potion-no-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis: Is It Love Potion No. 9?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I told her that I was a flop with chics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been this way since 1956<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said, “What you need is Love Potion Number 9”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013Love Potion No. 9<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recorded by The Clovers, 1959<\/p>\n\n\n\n

February is the month of Valentine\u2019s Day and love, so we decided to take a look at the question: is cannabis an aphrodisiac?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History seems to answer \u201cyes!\u201d Cannabis can be traced back to the ancients, whose shamans and priests knew about the plant\u2019s abilities for some people to induce relaxation, sociability and enhance sensory responses \u2026 all positive things if you\u2019re doing you-know-what.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are records from India in the seventh century showing the use of cannabis in tantric sex rituals. But they mixed the plant\u2019s flowers with milk and a variety of herbs and spices to create a drink called bhang. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These days, we prefer to consult academic studies to answer these important questions. In 2019, the Journal of Sexual Medicine published a survey in which 69.8% of respondents reported that cannabis helped them relax more during sex and 50.5% reported they were better able to focus during sex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An earlier study in the same journal reported that in a study of 373 women in a gynecology practice found that 60.6% of women noted a lift in their sex drive when they used cannabis before sex. And the women who reported using cannabis before sex had 2.13 times higher odds of satisfactory orgasm than women who did not use cannabis before sex.  68.5% reported their overall sexual experience was more pleasurable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cannabis users report that using the substance and its various strains can promote relaxation, ease mental blocks like self-consciousness, and reduce stress. Like consuming dark chocolate, another well-known substance often considered something of an aphrodisiac, cannabis and its extracted strains can stimulate the body\u2019s endocannabinoid system, and is thought to release dopamine into the bloodstream, which can enhance the body\u2019s pleasure response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So the answer seems to be that cannabis use before sex can help with the overall pleasure response in many people. That\u2019s a good thing. But there are some caveats to keep in mind:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cannabis enhances what you\u2019re <\/strong>already <\/strong>feeling. <\/strong> It is likely that cannabis will not automatically make you more interested in having sex, nor will it magically eliminate any contrary feelings about having sex. But if you\u2019re with a partner you love and you\u2019re both ready, willing and able \u2026 it may well enhance the experience to the enjoyment of both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Different strains will produce different results.  <\/strong>There is no one-size fits all. We all have different bodies, different temperaments, different feelings. And we all react differently to using cannabis.  Some strains will make you feel more relaxed. Others will make you feel more energized and alert. You may have to experiment a little with your partner to find the strain and extract that works best for both of you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less is more.  <\/strong>If a little cannabis use makes you feel good and helps the sexual experience, will a ton of it blow your mind? Yeah, no. Too much stimulation can be as bad as too little. Again, go slow, experiment, try different strains and see what works best for you. Hopefully, the experimentation process will be fun, too!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I told her that I was a flop with chics I’ve been this way since 1956 She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign She said, “What you need is Love Potion Number 9” \u2013Love Potion No. 9 Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller Recorded by The Clovers, 1959 February is the month […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[252,254],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-product"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strains-rx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strains-rx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strains-rx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strains-rx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strains-rx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4957"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/strains-rx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5188,"href":"https:\/\/strains-rx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4957\/revisions\/5188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strains-rx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strains-rx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strains-rx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strains-rx.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}