Human Relations Media, a producer of school-centric docu-shorts aimed at young people and their concerns, has taken stands before against electronic cigarettes and "vaping" in such titles as 10 Reasons You Should Never Try Vaping and Vaping and Viruses: Your Lungs, Your Life. This one particularly unloads on the subject of popular marijuana use in the e-cig culture.
The message: Just as vaping has been misrepresented as a relatively harmless alternative to nicotine tobacco (but introduces a whole new family of chemical toxins into young systems), so has a similar pitch been made that e-cigarette use of marijuana is more like Pot Lite. In fact, claims the picture, the opposite is true, and "wax"—a cannabis concentrate compatible with vaping hardware—is even worse for one's health than mom/dad/grandad's old hand-rolled spliffs.
As in the other HRM productions, photogenic young people appear in cautionary inserts on camera to describe their wretched respiratory systems, degraded thought/language process, and days spent on ventilators—all attributable to wax vaping. The host of the presentation is a personable, relatable young lady called Tatiana, and the tone is nowhere near Reefer Madness of the 1930s, but the reasoning for concern is spelled out clearly.
The short running time may not cover vaping A-Z but is convenient for classroom slots and allows space for discussion, and the disc includes a 17-page teacher's handbook in PDF file form (not accessible via the main on-screen menu). Recommended for school and home instructional use. Aud: J, H, C, P.