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>> reporter: the cdc zeroed in on thc containing products and a more specific culprit. a cutting agent known at vitamin eacetate. the issue, staggering rise in vaping among young people. >> how would you describe the vaping situation in your school? >> it got kind of bad last year. some people did it too much. like -- a lot too much, and it escalated i think. >> reporter: the cdc says more than 6 million middle and high school students used a tobacco product this year. that's up from about 4.9 million last year and e-cigarettes were found to be the most common. while many organizations are pus...

Really that. there's something going on in the illicit market that's 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 cartridges you may have 40% to 50% thk dissilate. the rest tarpens and a cutting agent. it looks very...

Conditions in the shu, gang members still find ways to make weapons, sometimes carving them right out of their own cells. >> this was made by an arian brotherhood member in a security housing unit. they're in there with nothing, certainly nothing to cut through metal. this guy, he got ahold of some kind of cutting agent. the cell doors is all mild steel. if you take a spring clip like part of a fingernail clipper and that is spring steel, hardened skill and they'll sharpen that, they'll cut the weapons right out of their cell doors. they'll simply choose a section of the door and scribe on the...

Right out of their own cells. >> this was made by an arian brotherhood member in a security housing unit. they're in there with nothing, certainly nothing to cut through metal. this guy, he got ahold of some kind of cutting agent. the cell doors is all mild steel. if you take a spring clip like part of a fingernail clipper and that is spring steel, hardened skill and they'll sharpen that, they'll cut the weapons right out of their cell doors. they'll simply choose a section of the door and scribe on the door the same size as a weapon that they want to cut and they'll just keep scribing it unti...

Yard right next to their cells and then they're right back into their cells. >> despite the restrictive conditions in the shu, gang members still find ways to make weapons, sometimes carving them right out of their own cells. >> this was made by an arian brotherhood member in a security housing unit. they're in there with nothing, certainly nothing to cut through metal. this guy, he got ahold of some kind of cutting agent. the cell doors is all mild steel. if you take a spring clip like part of a fingernail clipper and that is spring steel, hardened skill and they'll sharpen that, they'll cut ...