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A pizza restaurant employee in the United States grilled and sold pizza with "cannabis oil" instead of oil, causing dozens of customers to suffer damage.

According to the New York Times (NYT) on the 29th (local time), dozens of people were injured at a pizza restaurant in Wisconsin on the 22nd, with five people receiving hospital treatment due to the use of cannabis oil by an employee.

The pizza restaurant employee in question brought oil from another store in a nearby shared kitchen to cook when the oil he originally used ran out.

The lid label said it contained cannabis, but the employee was not aware of it.

The store owner said the oil is a legitimate product being used as "food-grade hemp." He explained, "We investigated what happened when unexpected symptoms appeared in the customer who ate pizza."

According to the U.S. Department of Health, dozens of reports were received from people who felt strange after eating pizza and five people who were believed to have been exposed to "food-borne diseases" were taken to hospitals.

The investigation found that the oil contains THC, a major psychoactive component of marijuana, and has a "drunkening effect."

"Although marijuana is not legal in Wisconsin, the oil used in pizza is derived from cannabis, so it does not follow marijuana-related regulations and can be used to make food," local media said.

Reporter Park Sun-young of Digital News Team