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Next tonight, a new warning about the potential dangers of vaping a growing number of young people ending up in the hospital, suffering from serious lung disease we get more from nbcs catie beck >> reporter: 26-year-old dylan nelson never imagined his vaping habit would leave him in a coma, fighting for his life. >> his lungs were failing. his whole body was shutting down. >> reporter: dylans brother patrick says his symptoms started soon after inhaling a hit from a new vaping cartridge he bough...

Sometimes they end up in the hospital. we just saw 14 people hospitalized on vent laters. >> dana: the most well known brand is juul. there are counterfeit types that say they are juul and they are not. juul gave the daily briefing a statement. reporting also suggests teens were vaping both nicotine and thc which is a scheduled one controlled substance that they do not sell. how lasting is the damage for teenagers that come in with this problem? >> for some people, it can be reversible. but some...

Now, talking about these kids being optized, we know -- hospitalized. we know they all have a history of vaping. studies show there are toxic effects of vaping. the bottom line is, the vaping itself is toxic to lungs,s especially the flavors you put in it. we know that smoking marijuana and thc components are also toxic to lungs. this isnt surprising. bottom line is, smoking anything other than medication inhalants is not good for you. its just the chemicals reaction with your lungs can damage y...

Handle pot cases under new state regulations. >> right now theres some confusion not just from us. but from every leal from the state down. >> according to the law hemp is defined as part of a cannabis plant containing .3% or less of thc they seal they must test a substance to prove it is illegal and no lab capable right now of doing that. plant based bacon is in making. protein company beyond meat announcing create a product to, quote, build out its portfolio. also working on plant based steak,...

In 20172.1 million. its this change. another 1.5 kids started vaping and these are middle school and high school students so starting pretty young as well. we dont know the 2019 numbers but theyre going to be interesting to see if theyre going to go up. >> first of all, if youre a parent out there go online and find out what the pods look like and what the devices look like. juule markets the product shamelessly to children that looks like a thumb drive. and its so easy to conseal because the va...

The nash until academy of sciences publish add 400-page report talking about mental illness, schizophrenia, the developing brain, the driving hazards, memory. this is not something that we want to promote in society at all, especially the gummy bears, the waxes. its nothing to do with the woodstock weed. >> tucker: nobody thinks that be people should go to prison for having a joint. but theres got to be some middle ground between not being insanely punitive and making it really easy for kids to ...

The national academy of sciences publish add 400-page report talking about mental illness, schizophrenia, the developing brain, the driving hazards, memory. this is not something that we want to promote in society at all, especially the gummy bears, the waxes. its nothing to do with the woodstock weed. e >> tucker: nobody thinks that be people should go to prison for having a joint.ob but theres got to be some middle ground between not being insanely punitive and making it really easy for kids t...

Teenagers getting access to marijuana is easy. that includes the t.h.c. exceeds what is possible even a few years ago. its 50 fold what was available when you were a kid. the marijuana use by teenagers is rising again. thanks to years of the pro-weed propaganda many perceive it as a safe drug, lower risk than alcohol and tobacco, which its not. 215 children visited the childrens hospital in colorado to treated for psychosis and cyclical vomiting and other excessive marijuana use. then it had rid...

Brains. researchers are raising the alarm. >> lets look at what it can do to a young brain. executive function, processing speed, memory, attention span, concentration and worth noting to a lot of people that vote who may be smoked pot years ago that the marijuana being produced todays really powerful stuff being made in labs, not your daddys weed, not the same stuff that was around in the 70s. >> exactly right. what we found in colorado is the marijuana produced todays 405% stronger with regard...

A standard panel to look for opiates and things like thc, it will look for benzos, cocaine met ab lite and not to items that may be for say exotic like poisons. for me, when i hear the story of what is going on with this, that is what i would want to be curious about. >> why? why poisoning? >> yeah, well, for instance, with this couple, this was an acute event with these two people that passed away in their room. i think there was -- there were some complaints about this woman who was alleged to...