Acute effects of smoking marijuana on hormones, subjective effects and performance in male human subjects.
Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior June 1986 E J Cone, R E Johnson, J D Moore et al.
Four healthy male subjects smoked two marijuana cigarettes or one marijuana cigarette and one placebo cigarette, or two placebo cigarettes on separate days in a random order crossover design. Each marijuana cigarette contained 2.8% delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Plasma hormones and THC were measured before and after each smoking session. Plasma LH was significantly depressed and cortisol...