SEX - IT'S A JOINT VENTURE

After years of bad press, at last there is a good news story about
cannabis. Saturday's Herald (December 16) reported that THC, the active
ingredient in cannabis, "alters the delicate system by which sperm and eggs
interact".

According to researchers "two or three cones every couple of days could
affect sperm counts". As well, it appears that THC reduces the ability of
the sperm to penetrate the egg. These new findings should be pleasing news
to a whole host of lobby groups and unite unlikely bedfellows such as the
"anti-morning after pill" campaigner Senator Brian Harradine and "green
activist" Senator Bob Brown.

Just imagine, a cone or two "before the event" would not only make the
morning after pill redundant but would also significantly reduce the amount
of used condoms that end up in landfills or down the toilet.

Dr Michael Dawson, Senior Lecturer Department of Chemistry, Materials and
Forensic Science University of Technology, Sydney, Broadway, December 17.