The study, published in Nature Genetics, a sister journal of Nature, is a large-scale study that looked at how human genes, drug addiction, and various diseases can be interrelated at the genetic level, and the research team warned that legalization of cannabis smoking could lead to a major threat to public health.

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Cannabis is illegally distributed in Korea in the form of familiar snacks such as e-cigarettes, jelly, gum, and chocolate.

Hemp is less dependent or toxic than cigarettes, but it causes hallucinations and also causes death from excessive inhalation, which is banned in most countries.

However, following Thailand last year, Germany this year has increased the number of countries legalizing hemp for preference, bringing the total to nine.

This is because it can secure enormous tax revenues as well as the factors that boost tourism in the name of increasing individual freedom.

However, there have been studies that raise alarm about this trend.

Researchers at Yale University in the U.S. say they analyzed the genes of 1.05 million people, including cannabis addicts, and identified for the first time about 20 gene groups involved in cannabis addiction.

It also revealed that the genetic group was correlated with serious diseases such as lung cancer and schizophrenia.

In other words, lung cancer and schizophrenia can cause cannabis addiction, and conversely, smoking marijuana can cause lung cancer and schizophrenia.

[Shin Chan-young / Professor of Pharmacology at Konkuk University Medical School: This is the first large-scale study to examine how human genes, drug addiction, and various diseases can be interrelated]

Based on the findings, the research team warned that legalizing cannabis smoking could lead to a major threat to public health.

The results of this study were published in Nature Genetics, a sister journal of Nature.

This is Choi So-ra from YTN Science.

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