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Study Shows Marijuana May Increase Testicular Cancer Risk... But Cocaine May Lower It
It's long been held by the medical community that habitual marijuana use can reduce fertility in male users, but until a recent USC-led study, I think most people didn't assume that it did so by making your balls fall off. Of course, the jury's still very much out, as the study, published in this month's edition of the American Cancer Society's medical journal Cancer, cites a fairly inexact survey of 163 young men diagnosed with testicular cancer versus a group of 300 cancer-free comparison which concluded that regular to semi-regular marijuana users had double the chance of developing the cancer compared to those who had never tried it. In a surprising twist, however, the study also concluded that those who admitted to cocaine use had a decreased risk of the cancer, meaning that we've once and for all concluded that cocaine is good for you and has no negative health effects whatsoever. No wonder Charlie Sheen looks so good! Anyway, before you panic and start giving away your bongs to charity or whatever, keep in mind that testicular cancer is one of the most treatable cancers, with a very high survival rate. Also, you'll have plenty of weed to get you through the chemo. And you probably weren't going to be a very good parent anyway, were you? Honestly? [via]
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