# Smoke dope = more sperm?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoke-dope-more-sperm/829081>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 6, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoke-dope-more-sperm/829081 "2019-02-06T19:43:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoke-dope-more-sperm/829081/1 "2019-02-06T19:43:19Z")

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OK, this is not conclusive proof; just a correlation. More research needs to be done. But a Harvard study shows that marijuana smokers have higher sperm counts than non-users:

[Maybe Pot Isn’t Bad for Sperm Count After All](https://gizmodo.com/maybe-pot-isnt-bad-for-sperm-count-after-all-1832373381)

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoke-dope-more-sperm/829081/2 "2019-02-07T16:20:52Z")

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Yeh, but they’re dumber and lazier sperm.

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoke-dope-more-sperm/829081/3 "2019-02-07T18:18:51Z")

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And they are all over the place.