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Really that. theres something going on in the illicit market thats causing this. you also have a challenge of average consumer not wanting to pay more. so they look at, well, i can buy this for $40 or go to a legal store and buy it for $60. >> reporter: one way the market keeps the price down, by cutting the product. let me show you what that means. a typical legal thc cartridge would have 70% to 90% pure thc distillate. the rest turpenes, aromatic oils which give it flavor. in illegally cut car...

Most signs point to the black market. >> so this is chronic pain release, its cute. >> right. >> this is a legal and licensed dispensary in california, you know, this is one of the nicer ones. its important to keep in mind that there are some illicit shops that look just like this. >> reporter: it can be really hard to tell, so we sent an undercover camera to see for ourselves. according to the california bureau of cannabis control, this is an illegal vaping store. the thing is, it looks just li...

These and fill them with whatever they want. >> personally, i mean, it makes me feel very, very angry. but most importantly, it creates a possible danger to public of consuming products that are untested. >> when you concentrate the thc, you concentrate everything along with it. so every pesticide that could have been in that plat material if it went from 20% thc and now youve concentrated it to 80% thc. youve also concentrated the pesticides at the same amount. >> reporter: myron runs bell coas...

The product. let me show you what that means. a typical legal thc cartridge would have 70 to 90% pure thc distilla distillate, the rest turpines, aromatic oils which give it flavor. in illegally cut cartridges you might have only 40 to 50% distal distallate, and cutting agents, it looks very much like the actual product, the same color and the same thickness. it would also pass something known on the street as the bubble test. basically, if the bubble moves slowly that should mean that its viscu...

Enough to be mostly pure thc oil. >> when you look at propylene, glycol, acetate, you super heat it and breathe it into the lungs. do we know what those molecules do to the body? >> vitamin e acetate can convert into vinegar. when it heats up youre inhaling an acid. >> theyve identified vitamin e acetate as a chemical of concern. but heres the challenge. the illicit market is a moving target. if its not vitamin e acetate as a cutting agent today, before long, it will be something new. dr. sanjay...

Say, i want to come forward and speak. hes not going to say that. everybody thinks its because hes tantalizing the public about a book hes writing. as it turns out, our case was so overwhelming that we really dont need him. but what he has said would make it his patriotic duty to come forward and say this is what i know. hes not going to do that. and i predict that were not going to delay this matter waiting for him to go to court or waiting to go to court to find out whether he should come. we ...

>> its manufactured in asia smuggled into the u.s. >> the centers for disease control size thc oil cartridges may be driving the nationwide outbreak of e-cigarette or vaping products associated lung injuries. fifty-two have died from them and 4200 hospitalized. 80% of patients reported using thc in these products. >> how long have they been vaping? >> maybe a few times. >> these are the lungs of one of his patients. >> these are blood vessels there, there, there. the thing that alarms me the mos...

Flu season is on with a vengeance this winter. according to the cdc, an estimate 3.7 million people have caught the flu already this year. with 32000 requiring hospitalization. nearly 2000 people including 19 children have died. theres elevated flu activity in nearly every state. thirty of them reporting the virus as widespread. the cdc says new study shows this years outbreak of vaping one injuries is mainly due to vitamin c in vaping products containing thc. more than 2500-hospitalized from sm...

Vaping products has increased dramatically. >> enforcement agency has sound alarms of this nationwide crisis. criminal organizations make it illegal for vaping products infused with thc. >> when you have a product thats so powerful and so dangerous that you have a technology that can push into your lungs, that combination is not good. >> he says that illegal products are marketed to teens. >> this is a black-market thc cartridge. >> we dont know exactly how potent the thc is. >> the number of il...

Role in the outbreak. currently 200500 people have fallen ill from teaching vaping products and 54 users have died. this comes as a drug enforcement agency is telling fox news that black market products have increased hermetically and brian explains. >> the drug enforcement agency is sounding the alarm about a nationwide crisis. criminal organizations asians making and selling illegal vaping cartridges and fuses thc, the chemical most responsible for marijuana psychological effect. >> wave produ...