(San Jose Mercury News) Does smoking weed make you frisky?

A major new Stanford University study shows a link between marijuana use and sexual desire, suggesting that there may be science behind the age-old practice of using the drug as an aphrodisiac.

The groundbreaking analysis of the lifestyles of more than 50,000 American men and women stops short of recommending pot to spice up your sex life. Scientists stress that the study, published Friday in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, doesn’t necessarily show that toking leads to more and happier sex.

“It’s too early to recommend it as treatment,” said the study’s senior author, Dr. Michael Eisenberg, assistant professor of urology at Stanford University School of Medicine.

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