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"On average the men were 36 years old, mostly white and college educated. All of them belonged to couples seeking help with conception from a fertility clinic.

• cameldrv 8y ago
  No kidding... This probably means that Cannabis causes infertity by some means other than lowering sperm count. Imagine the statistic: gang members admitted to the hospital were 40 percent less likely than non gang members to be diagnosed with heart disease. That's probably not because they eat a healthy diet and exercise. It's probably because the rest of the population is less likely to be diagnosed with a gunshot wound.
  • sometimesijust 8y ago
    You have missed the point. Nothing in the study mentions a higher rate of reported cannabis use than in the general population. The record scratch is due to implying generalisations based only on a non-typical population of infertile couples without any control.
• flukus 8y ago
  You're confused why they're at a fertility clinic if they have a high sperm count? Conception is a two player co-op game and you can't carry your partner.
  • carlmr 8y ago
    It's a weird selection of a focus group though. And nothing warrants this headline (although it's par for the course in 2019).
    • midgetjones 8y ago
      Maybe that's just the only place they could get data