JOINING US THIS MORNING IS SUBSTANCE ABUSE EXPERT MIKE GIMBEL.
YOU SAY THERE IS SOMETHING NEW ON THE MARKET TEENAGERS ARE GOING CRAZY OVER.
>> THERE ARE TWO THINGS.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE OVERDOSE SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP.
WE ARE SEEING A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN FENTANYL RELATED OVERDOSES.
FOR MANY YEARS, WE HAVE PROMOTED USING THE DRU NARCAN AS AN ANTI-OVERDOSE MEDICATION TO BRING BACK ADDICTS AFTER THEY OVERDOSE.
WHAT WE ARE FINDING IS THAT A SINGLE DOSE OF NARCAN WILL NOT BRING BACK A FENTANYL OVERDOSE BECAUSE THE DRUG FENTANYL IS SO STRONG.
I AM HERE TO GIVE A WARNING THAT IF YOU COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHO IS HAVING AN OVERDOSE, AND YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN SAVE THEM WITH YOUR SINGLE-DOSE OF NARCAN, IT MAY NOT WORK.
JENNIFER: I ASKED HOW MANY DOSES WILL WORK?
WE DON’T KNOW BECAUSE IT IS SO STRONG, THE FENTANYL.
IF YOU ANT TO GIVE THEM NARCAN, FINE, BUT GAVE 911 CALL IMMEDIATELY.
EVERY MINUTE YOU WASTE THAT IS NOT GOING TO WORK IS WASTING TIME WHILE THEY DIE.
A PARAMEDIC HAS MULTIPLE DOSES AND CAN BRING THAT PERSON BACK WITH WHATEVER THEY NEED.
YOU MAY NOT.
WE ARE GIVING THIS AWAY AND TRAINING PEOPLE.
PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN SAVE LIVES, AND IF IT WAS JUST HARROWING, -- HEROIN, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT STORY.
TH FENTANYL IS A DIFFERENT STORY.
JENNIFER: TALK TO ME ABOUT CBD.
>> THIS IS RELATIVELY NEW.
IT IS CALLED CBD.
IT IS PART OF THE MARIJUANA PLANTS.
MARIJUANA PLANTS HAVE SEVERAL COMPOUNDS, THE THC GETS YOU HI GH.
CBD DOESN’T HAVE ANY THC IN IT.
IT IS BEING MARKETED ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AS A MEDICAL PRODUCT THAT SOLVES MEDICAL ISSUES.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IS TEENAGERS ARE SMOKING, VAPING THE CBD OIL TO TRY TO GET HIGH.
YOU CANNOT GET HIGH.
THEY ARE GETTING SICK, PASSING OUT, VOMITING.
THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE IS DROPPING.
THEY ARE ENDING UP IN THE HOSPITAL FROM THIS BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY CAN GET HIGH.
CBD OIL, MUCH LIKE MEDICAL MARIJUANA, IS NOT APPROVED BY THE FDA.
IF YOU’RE GOING TO USE THESE PRODUCTS, WHETHER IT IS MEDICAL MARIJUANA OR CBD OIL, YOU ARE DOING IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SELLING IT AND MAKING IT AVAILABLE.
CBD OIL YOU CAN GET ON THE INTERNET AND DIFFERENT STORES.
IT IS NOT APPROVED.
IT MAY HAVE MEDICAL VALUE.
WE DON’T KNOW.
IF YOU ARE USING IT, YOU ARE USING IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
JENNIFER: PARENTS NEED TO KNOW THIS.
THESE ARE THE TRADITIONAL VAPE PENS.
>> THIS IS THE PRODUCT EVERYBODY KID IN MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL USES.
IT IS CALLED JEWEL.
IT LOOKS JUST LIKE A FLASH DRIVE.
IT IS A VAPE PEN.
JENNIFER: THESE ARE THE CARTRIDGES.
MOST OF THE TIMES THEY ARE FLAVORED SENSE.
>> OR THEY CAN TAKE OUT A CARTRIDGE AND REPLACE IT WITH MARIJUANA OIL.
THIS IS THE HOT PRODUCT RIGHT NOW.
THE CBD OIL IS BEING SOLD EVERYWHERE AS A MAGICAL, MEDICAL -- JENNIFER: CURE-ALL.
>> BE-AL FOR EVERYTHING.
JENNIFER: FINALLY, THESE GEL CAPS.
>> THIS IS THE WAY THEY SELL HEROIN WITH THE WHITE POWDER ON THE STREETS.
JENNIFER: THEY COME IN THIS.
WHAT IS THIS?
>> THIS IS JUST A HABIT OR MAKE SYRINGE -- HYPODERMIC SYRINGE THAT THEY USE TO INJECT.
THIS FENTANYL IS SO POWERFUL, A THIMBLE FULL OF IT WILL KILL YOU.
IT IS SO POWERFUL.
70% OF OVERDOSE VICTIMS STARTED USING AFTER HAVING PAIN MEDICATION.
THAT LED THEM TO THIS HEROIN AND FENTANYL.
66,000 PEOPLE