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>> adults dont like tobacco flavor. if you are a smoker trying to quit for decades. the last thing you want is a tobacco flavor. >> vaping businesses in oregon want a temporary stay against the governors ban on flavored nicotine progress. they argue it would force many businesses to close. 78% of vaping associated lung injuries involve products containing thc, the active ingredient in marijuana. researchers have yet to confirm a specific cause of these injuries. >> i suspect that this is going t...

Brick-and-mortar stores and this comes as the trump administration in september said that they want to eventually ban all flavors until the fda can approve it. on your screen, your sing mango, fruit, cucumber, cream flavors that will be removed. this is upset the president of the american vaping association, gregory conley, who says "this cowardly self-serving move i juul wont do a thing to make their congressional opponents stopped detaching them. in fact it will only open them up to questions ...

Emerging threat to public health and i want to raise that 29 deaths. its never the keeps on increasing. according to the cdc piercing 29 deaths related to vaping in 1,299 vaping related long illnesses. the big problem is theres not a lot of science and research behind it because we dont know the exact link. is that the pens, the thc, is it the flavored pods, the black market? there was a doctor and spoke at the hearing and weighed in on topic. >> its a combination of the nicotine, the marijuana,...

>> we are able to drive cars now that will actually get to where were going. [ laughter ] >> thats true. >> back then, they were growing 600 pounds of medical marijuana a year on less than an acre. >> greenhouse one. wow. >> betting the farm on thc. and on the side experimenting with something few had considered. >> theres nothing like this in the world. this plants 21% cbd and less than 1% thc. >> initially, many wondered who would want a strain of marijuana that doesnt get you high? remember, ...

At, you can see that even low levels of thc after five days can start to register. >> its another cautionary cbd tale and yet another reason to be an educated consumer. read the labels. look for a certificate of analysis. and remember if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. >> they make crazy flames, thats a red flag. >> oh, walk away. >> walking away from cbd? its something the wilsons did. remember vivian and her family moved across the country and changed their lives for cbd like so...

I mean -- >> i feel like i would totally get busted. >> i think i would too. >> i swear, officer, its cbd. its totally. >> all kidding aside, this is where it gets a little confusing. for decades, cannabis including cbd has been illegal federally. that all seemed to change with the passage of the 2018 farm bill which technically made growing hemp with cbd in less than .3% thc legal. or at least thats what most people think. >> even though it makes cbd federally legal, it allows the states to dec...

Is as you said, all of these products coming off the black market and people buying them from unauthorized sources, places like their friends or off the street or the internet. thats making it difficult. another thing complicating the process is that some of these cartridges a laced with thc. the fda says its trying to find the source, trying to track down the issue and theyre going through every avenue that they can to try and figure out this problem and how it started. heather: no doubt, not j...

The supply chain that right now probably cannot be trusted. identifying those lanes, good luck. >> i think for the consumer you really need to be aware right now. something is lead to go death in a number of people and leading otherwise relatively healthy young people to be in intensive care, mechanical ventilators. >> reporter: we just dont know what it is. a possible hint. according to the cdc, nearly 80% of people reported using vape products containing thc, where 16% reported nicotine only v...

>> next thing you know im not thinking straight, not being able to move. >> reporter: within seconds, jay lost consciousness and started to have frightening hallucinations. his friend drove him to lexington medical center, where he started having seizures and breathing difficulties. >> i thought i was in hell and already dead. >> reporter: so what did cause jay to react so violently? it is what professor michelle piece has been trying to answer. >> is this the vape lab? >> reporter: what her lab...

Thank you, whit. overseas this evening, a stabbing rampage at the headquarters of the paris police, just steps away from notre dame cathedral. a long-time employee going from office to office, killing four people, including three officers, before he was fatally shot. the citys prosecutor tonight saying he believes terror was not the motive, but the investigation is still early. next tonight, a massive settlement for the worst mass shooting in modern american history. 58 people were killed, h...