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A new study claims that women who consume cannabis before engaging in sexual activity are more likely to experience frequent and satisfying orgasms.

The research, led by Suzanne Mulvehill, executive director of the Female Orgasm Research Institute, analyzed data from 387 women who reported on their sexual experiences after using cannabis.

According to the findings published in the journal Sexual Medicine, nearly 40% of women who previously struggled to orgasm saw an increase in climax frequency with cannabis use. Overall, 88.8% of participants noted they achieved orgasm more frequently with cannabis, compared to 63.3% without it. The number of women who seldom or never climaxed dropped from 36.6% to 11.4% when using cannabis.

Mulvehill, who initiated the study based on her own positive experiences with cannabis for overcoming orgasm difficulty, found that satisfaction levels also significantly improved. The proportion of women reporting high satisfaction with their orgasms nearly doubled from 43.6% to 86.1% after cannabis use, while dissatisfaction rates fell from 56.4% to 20.8%.

"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," Mulevehill explained. "I wanted to research if other women who had orgasm difficulty were also benefiting from cannabis."

The study involved an anonymous online survey of over 1,000 women, with 387 responses deemed eligible after excluding those who were pregnant, breastfeeding, under 18, or who had used other intoxicants. Mulvehill noted that the benefits of cannabis extended across both seasoned and novice users.

Although the research indicates cannabis is not a complete solution for anorgasmia - the inability to achieve orgasm - it showed a significant improvement for many women, with only 4% of participants failing to achieve orgasm with cannabis compared to a typical range of 10-15%.

Mulvehill aims to develop a cannabis-based prescription medication to treat female orgasmic dysfunction, pending broader legalization across the United States.

"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," Mulvehill told PsyPost.