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SomeDude · #1 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 10:21 AM

THAT illegal drugs are not always pure is no surprise, but is cannabis being laced with a Viagra-like compound?

Dries de Kaste and colleagues at the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment in Bilthoven, the Netherlands, analysed a liquid that police found being sold on the streets of Utrecht as a "marijuana adulterant".

They found compounds called homosildenafil (HS) and thiohomosildenafil (THS) in it, which belong to the same class of compounds as sildenafil, sold as Viagra. All three inhibit the breakdown of an enzyme that dilates blood vessels in the penis, increasing blood flow.

De Kaste does not know why HS and THS are being added to cannabis, but speculates that it could be to enhance the uptake of its psychoactive constituents, or to exploit a perception that marijuana use affects libido.

HS and THS were not destroyed when they were "smoked" using a laboratory simulator (Forensic Science International, DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.09.002). The health effects of inhaling such "erectogenics" - and the compounds they produce when burned - are unknown.

Is cannabis being doped with Viagra? - health - 31 October 2008 - New Scientist

Desert Woman · #2 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by SomeDude

THAT illegal drugs are not always pure is no surprise, but is cannabis being laced with a Viagra-like compound?

Dries de Kaste and colleagues at the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment in Bilthoven, the Netherlands, analysed a liquid that police found being sold on the streets of Utrecht as a "marijuana adulterant".

They found compounds called homosildenafil (HS) and thiohomosildenafil (THS) in it, which belong to the same class of compounds as sildenafil, sold as Viagra. All three inhibit the breakdown of an enzyme that dilates blood vessels in the penis, increasing blood flow.

De Kaste does not know why HS and THS are being added to cannabis, but speculates that it could be to enhance the uptake of its psychoactive constituents, or to exploit a perception that marijuana use affects libido.

HS and THS were not destroyed when they were "smoked" using a laboratory simulator (Forensic Science International, DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.09.002). The health effects of inhaling such "erectogenics" - and the compounds they produce when burned - are unknown.

Is cannabis being doped with Viagra? - health - 31 October 2008 - New Scientist

that it is an added component and not something found in the plant naturally? Cannabis has been long known for being a vasodilator.

Desert Woman · #3 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by SomeDude

THAT illegal drugs are not always pure is no surprise, but is cannabis being laced with a Viagra-like compound?

Dries de Kaste and colleagues at the National Institute of Public Health and the Environment in Bilthoven, the Netherlands, analysed a liquid that police found being sold on the streets of Utrecht as a "marijuana adulterant".

They found compounds called homosildenafil (HS) and thiohomosildenafil (THS) in it, which belong to the same class of compounds as sildenafil, sold as Viagra. All three inhibit the breakdown of an enzyme that dilates blood vessels in the penis, increasing blood flow.

De Kaste does not know why HS and THS are being added to cannabis, but speculates that it could be to enhance the uptake of its psychoactive constituents, or to exploit a perception that marijuana use affects libido.

HS and THS were not destroyed when they were "smoked" using a laboratory simulator (Forensic Science International, DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.09.002). The health effects of inhaling such "erectogenics" - and the compounds they produce when burned - are unknown.

Is cannabis being doped with Viagra? - health - 31 October 2008 - New Scientist

that cannabis improves every aspect of my life
physically, emotionally, and spiritually

it would not surprise me if it supported and nurtured sexual intimacy at all. It probably does..

Desert Woman · #4 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 01:31 PM

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that cannabis improves every aspect of my life
physically, emotionally, and spiritually

it would not surprise me if it supported and nurtured sexual intimacy at all. It probably does..

intellectually and socially as well..

greenvulpine · #5 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 03:07 PM

Puts another spin on ‘ridding a high hard one‘, eh?

Or instead of it being hard to get high, you get high to get hard...

Desert Woman · #6 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 03:10 PM

i had been celibate for over 10 years b4 i started smoking weed 3 or so years ago. And until recently, I have maintained a relationship pretty consistantly since then. That's a pretty drastic improvement in someones life! Cannabis probably does indeed play a role in this. For women as well it looks like.

Viva la weed!