No, his weed habit isn’t harmless... Study shows father’s marijuana use could affect child brain development through sperm changes.

idiosyncraticg1 · 2020-02-22T08:53:22+00:00

When are people going to understand that men play just as large of a role in child development as women do???

I grew up with traditional grandparents, telling me to dress warm because I’m going to have kids one day, to eat well, to not sit on the ground (bc of the cold), to exercise, to not drink, etc. It drives me nuts that dudes never hear about this. They drink and smoke and want to have kids at 45!! People genuinely still think that a woman’s “window” is until 30, whereas a mans is until 50. Drives me fucking nuts.

I’ve read posts about women asking their husbands to stop smoking cigarettes when trying for a baby and they couldn’t even do that because they didn’t believe that their sperm would contribute that much to the baby. Why the hell are we giving the baby their last name if they barely contribute??

Chickpea16 · 2020-02-22T04:44:48+00:00

I would never date a stoner again. Every stoner I’ve met has been complacent and lacking motivation, myself included when I smoked daily.

Davina33 · 2020-02-22T09:49:18+00:00

This doesn't surprise me. My mother and stepfather were heavy weed smokers amongst other drugs. They always did it in the house and I would feel sick. I don't smoke at all but all 3 of my younger brothers were smoking it by the time they were 11 and 12. Two of them developed serious mental illnesses and don't function in society. My eldest brother takes speed and other drugs and has nothing to do with my 2 nephews. I think if you're susceptible to mental illness then weed will bring it out early and make it worse. Oh and two ended up in prison by the time they were 19.

Yianna_F · 2020-02-22T04:17:56+00:00

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CuriousCatNYC777 · 2020-02-22T03:50:46+00:00

Full article for those who cannot access:

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- A new study shows that a dad's drug use may have a huge effect on his baby's development.

Dr. Theodore Slotkin, PhD., a professor in pharmacology and cancer biology at Duke University, said he has been studying the effects of chemicals on child brain development for decades.

"My entire career has been dedicated to finding out what environmental factors affect development," Slotkin said.

But, he said, most of the previous research has focused on maternal habits, rather than what dads do before pregnancy.

"For decades, people have been studying all the things that mom shouldn't do," Slotkin said in a phone interview. "The guys have been getting a free pass."

In the study, published in the journal Toxological Sciences, Slotkin and his team injected male rats with varying amounts of tetrahydrocannabiol (THC) daily for about a month before mating them with female rats that had not been exposed to drugs. Slotkin said the amount of THC injected would be comparable to moderate daily use in an adult human.

Slotkin said his team injected the THC rather than giving it to them to eat or exposing them via smoke because rats metabolize THC much more quickly than humans and his team wanted to make sure that all of the rat's sperm were exposed to THC.

Slotkin said his study shows that changes in the father's sperm could affect how their offspring's brains develop in the womb. He said the sperm undergoes what are known as epigenetic changes--basically, genes that would normally be turned on during brain development are switched off. Once the rats were born, the researchers saw decreased communication between brain cells in the pups' whose fathers were exposed to the highest amount of THC, similar to the kind of reduced brain activity seen in Alzheimer's disease. Slotkin's team and observed deficits in learning, memory and attention in these rats.

In the study, Slotkin and the other authors wrote that the extent of the activity deficit was comparable to those seen with direct fetal exposure to pesticides, nicotine or tobacco smoke from the mother during pregnancy.

Though this study used rats as a model organism, Slotkin said the takeaways from the study can be translated to human men.

"Epigenetic changes in human sperm resemble the same changes in rat sperm," Slotkin said.

While more studies would need to be done to come to any kind of conclusion about the effects of paternal marijuana use, Slotkin said the research should give users pause as more states legalize marijuana and cannbidiol (CBD) products and both direct and indirect exposure to all of the compounds in marijuana increases.

Slotkin, who earlier in his research career showed the effects of nicotine and neurotoxins found in pesticides on early brain development, said, "This has been a lifelong quest to make kids' lives better."

In the paper, the team wrote that the research was funded by the John Templeton Foundation, an organization that aims to support research at the intersection of religion and science.

Next, Slotkin hopes to compare the effects of paternal THC intake on brain development to use of other chemicals found in marijuana smoke, like CBD.

7_0f_9 · 2020-02-22T05:35:19+00:00

Not even fucking surprised. I've said it before and I'll say it again, i fucking hate weed.

gravedestruct1on · 2020-02-22T05:53:22+00:00

Now THIS is interesting. When I was younger(16) I bought into the whole “weed is harmless thing” but now that I’ve gotten older and done some more research abusing marijuana can definitely lead to an IQ decrease in adolescents. I still smoke here and there and I definitely notice I’m more “sharp” when I quit weed for a while, although I haven’t really noticed a decrease in problem solving skills or anything (coming up on my senior year as an accounting major at a college known to make his degree difficult).

According to google it takes 74 days for a man to create new sperm. So I’m wondering if the effects of this on the sperm/child decreases if a man stops smoking weed for 30 days (to get thc out) and wait an additional 74 days to have sex, since the body has created new sperm? I also wonder how they categorize a moderate amount. Nonetheless if you’re smoking heavy amounts to the point there you’re identity is a stoner I say you have the same problem as an alcoholic, except you’re perhaps damaging your brain (even speeds up things like schizophrenia in your life if it’s in your dna) rather than your liver like alcohol. Unfortunately the effects of alcohol according to google on sperm is also pretty bad

“Limited studies have tracked the drinking patterns of fathers around the time of conception and subsequent health outcomes of the child. But rodent models have shown changes in offspring weight and development, learning and activity, anxiety related behaviours and molecular and physiological effects.

A study also reported the women whose partners consumed ten or more drinks per week prior to conception had two to five times increased risk of miscarriage compared to those whose partners did not drink during preconception”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/its-not-just-mums-who-need-to-avoid-alcohol-when-trying-for-a-baby-83794

I think the overall lesson here is don’t use any recreational drug when trying for a baby. Makes me really wonder if our decreasing attention spans and mental health problems are environmental or if this has a part to at as well.

grimreapersdtr · 2020-02-22T19:13:59+00:00

I think my father smoked weed and drank heavily around the time I was conceived. He had a well-paying job so I'm not sure he did it enough to incapacitate him. However, I have at least three verified "genetic mutations" that could be fatal to any person who has two copies of these genes. I wouldn't be shocked if there was a connection.

My one niece/nephew is profoundly deaf (I don't want to identify gender for privacy reasons). His/Her parent is my sibling, who married a man who was a long-term stoner and coke addict. It's been thought by experts that my deaf relative was born this way, and that it was a genetic problem His/her sibling also has a weird unidentified autoimmune problem that attacks the muscles/bones/joints during adolescence. None of those problems were found in their large extended families.

This man was in and out of rehab for serious drinking/drug problems right around the time those children were conceived.

It makes more sense in that women's eggs develop while they themselves are in their mother's wombs (maybe not fully developed, but you get the idea). When a girl is born, she already has all the eggs she will ever have in her ovaries. Men's sperm are constantly being developed.

2020-02-22T20:54:29+00:00

No lie, weed is generally a LV thing to do. For everyone.

cherieblosum · 2020-02-22T10:45:51+00:00

Damn, that sucks lol

Title	No, his weed habit isn’t harmless... Study shows father’s marijuana use could affect child brain development through sperm changes.
Author	CuriousCatNYC777
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Date	February 22, 2020 3:49 AM UTC (6 years ago)
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