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>> were seeing young people become critically ill and die. >> eight months into the investigation, nobody knows exactly why. >> its safe to say no single product, substance, brand or additive is linked to all the cases right now, and what is on a label may not actually be what the product is. >> our guidance is quite simple. dont do it. dont do it because we dont know that it is safe. >> why did you do it? >> i didnt think there was any risk in trying it. i never heard about anybody having any n...

Now. and what is on a label may not actually be what the product is. >> our guidance is quite simple. dont do it. dont do it, because we dont know that it is safe. >> reporter: why did you do it? >> i didnt think it was -- i never heard of anybody having any negative effects from it. i felt i had nothing to lose. >> reporter: last year, jay jenkins and a friend drove to a convenience store and bought a product labeled cbd called yolo, yolo meaning you only live once and they vaped it. >> i took ...

Have frightening ha louuouis nations. his friend drove him to lexington medical center where he started having convulsions. >> i thought i was dead. >> so what made jay react so violently? thats what theyre trying to figure out. what her lab and others have shown is that two-thirds of these products are not what they seem. some have thc. some have other things. jay jenkins, he had vaped a totally synthetic substance. it had no cbd whatsoever and no way to know who manufactured it. >> is the cbd ...

Even sex products. and hes like, oh, my god. im feeling a tingling sensation. >> and lisa gill continues to sound the alarm for better consumer protection. >> it is legal? does it work? is it safe? >> its a message she also brought to the food and drug administration, when the fda held on open session on cbd. >> half the people told us that they were extremely or very confident that there was a regulation in place that required their cbd to be tested for safety and accuracy by outside labs. with...

Did something still considered taboo. they started giving her thc. >> we would see people who are like i dont want thc, thats bad. >> we kept her on thc. and she just blossomed. if we really truly want to it get the full benefit of cannibis, there is so much more out there than cbd. >> it really got us wondering, at this time with all the attention on cbd, what about the rest of the plant? remember, cannibis is made up of 60 potentially therapeutic chemicals. >> i think the cbd thing did do dama...

Syndrome, charlotte had a seize cure every 30 minutes. every one potentially fatal. when nothing helped. >> this is charlottes web. >> her parents gave charlotte the stanleys cbd oil. >> she didnt have a seizure that day, and then she didnt have one the next day and then the next day. i just thought this is insane. >> that was six years ago. >> that, i think, really catapulted cbd into the national limelight as the most favored a canabinoid. >> this doctor believes thats when the cbd craze began...

Harder about this than what we currently are. >> gw is hoping to develop more cbd and cannabis-based drugs for everything from anxiety to autism and many others are trying, as well. >> thats what we want, cbd for fda as a medicine. >> mount sinais dr. yazmin heard has been developing cbd products to address one of the most concerning issues of our time, the opioid endem hipidemi >> you think cbd can be the tool? >> yes. >> do i think its a wonder drug? no. do i i think it can alleviate certain d...

Maybe it works by increasing the blood level of the anti seizure medicine that the children were already on. >> some think this money moon period kids like vivian experienced might be explained by her liver. >> good job. >> cbd works in the liver, in the enzymes that break down other prescription medicines and cbd inhibits those enzymes so that they dont break down pharmaceuticals to the extent that they should be broken down allowing them to get a higher level and perhaps more effective or perh...

We really have to do something harder about this than what we currently are. >> gw is hoping to develop more copacabana beach and candace based businesses. many others are trying well. >> we wanted cbd for fda. he has been an empassioned leader to help address one of the most concerning issues of our time, the opioid epidemic. you think cbd could be one of those tools? >> i think so. >> do you think this is a wonder drug? >> no. do i think it could alleviate certain disorders? absolutely. thats ...

Mislabeled. some had significant thc, some had no cbd. there was no consistency whatsoever. >> alarm bells started going off. >> thats a couple of years ago. has it gotten better? >> we cant tell if its gotten better. >> as i uncover these stories and these studies of tainted products, of mislabeled products, i couldnt help but wonder how could this happen and whos supposed to be in charge? i soon learned like so much of this, its not simple. you see, when cbd was illegal federally, the drug enf...