Vaping has been a popular method for ingesting cannabis and tobacco for quite a while, so the health crisis that unfolded earlier this year caught many in the marijuana industry off guard.

In this special episode of News & Views - recorded at MJBizCon in Las Vegas - Wes Burk, president of Emerald Scientific, sat down with Marijuana Business Daily's science and technology reporter, Omar Sacirbey, to discuss:

Why this crisis happened now. How the industry reacted - and how it should respond going forward. What the science says - and doesn't say - about the potential for safer alternatives to vape.

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