Study reveals surprising benefit smoking weed before sex has on women

A study detailed the surprising benefit that smoking cannabis before sex can have on women in the bedroom.

Some 17 percent of Americans said they had smoked a joint as of 2023, with the drug now legal in 24 states, including the likes of Ohio and Minnesota, which more recently made it legal for recreational use.

Many studies have looked into the impact of smoking weed on the body, whether that be on male hormones or the brain.

But a 2024 study published in Sexual Medicine detailed the benefit of smoking before sex for women in particular.

The research involved hundreds of sexually active women who used cannabis between March and November 2022.

Those quizzed answered questions about their orgasm frequency, ease, and satisfaction both using weed and without before sex.

Those involved in the study were quizzed on their sexual behaviors in relation to smoking weed (Getty Stock Photo)

Remarkably, experts found that women with orgasm difficulties experienced a nearly 40 percent increase in orgasm frequency after smoking a joint.

On top of that, close to 89 percent stated they reached orgasm more frequently when taking cannabis.

Furthermore, those who said they never reach an orgasm dropped from 36 percent without cannabis to 11 percent after smoking weed.

Suzanne Mulvehill, lead author on the study and executive director of the Female Orgasm Research Institute, said: "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."

Many women in the study found they were able to orgasm easier after smoking weed (Getty Stock Photo)

She continued: "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."

Adding further to the list of benefits, 86 percent of women reported having higher satisfaction in the bedroom as a result of cannabis use.

Those who didn't smoke weed before getting in the mood reported a 43 percent satisfaction rate.

Mulvehill added to PsyPost: "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."

The study is a contrast to recent studies done on the drug.