What is 'shatter' cannabis and why it poses a triple threat as a deadly new breed of weed | ITV News

Highly potent, dangerous to deal and extremely explosive, Gregg Easteal explains how ‘shatter’ poses a triple threat as a deadly new breed of weed

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50 Comments

  1. @sputnikwar on September 26, 2025 at 4:49 pm

    Laughable viewpoint.



  2. @Rob87659 on September 26, 2025 at 4:49 pm

    Shatter has been around for 200+ years lol



  3. @piespeafield on September 26, 2025 at 4:50 pm

    I sometimes have shatter beer, makes a right mess of your kecks.



  4. @guy7088 on September 26, 2025 at 4:53 pm

    Legalisation has turned the industry through innovation. Making concentrate products without use of harmful chemicals .. so Legalisation is the key factor here !



  5. @nwoslothbite3077 on September 26, 2025 at 4:54 pm

    Fake news



  6. @potoo6122 on September 26, 2025 at 4:54 pm

    Amazing how selfish people are. You live in your home and next door to you is some prat with a bomb. This is why i hate the idea of livign in an apartment bloack.



  7. @getmeoutofsanfrancisco9917 on September 26, 2025 at 4:54 pm

    LMFAO at this bs fear-mongering piece from journalists who have zero clue what they are talking about.

    “Shatter” has existed for nearly 20 years now and there is absolutely nothing dangerous about its consumption. Legal production of cannabis extracts is also nothing new. All legal and done by legit companies in the US.

    “BuT mAkInG iT iS dAnGeRoUs”. So is the production of literally every single pharmaceutical compound in the world of modern medicine also happen to use volatile solvents for extractions. “Ban paracetamol!” /s

    Which brings me to my final (rhetorical) question… You dunces in the UK haven’t legalized cannabis yet? Lmfao. 😂



  8. @chrisgowans-d8y on September 26, 2025 at 4:55 pm

    "No coppers on these backstreets"… there will be now lads 😂😂



  9. @bigmonstermania100 on September 26, 2025 at 4:57 pm

    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂



  10. @gordonadam5148 on September 26, 2025 at 4:58 pm

    Lol..amateurs …



  11. @msoulja on September 26, 2025 at 4:59 pm

    Globally, 10 million people per year die from alcohol and tobacco.



  12. @RichardJones-z6l on September 26, 2025 at 5:01 pm

    WOW !!! Absolutely sensationalist garbage from the government mouthpiece media. What a one sided piece journalism should be ashamed



  13. @Moneyw11 on September 26, 2025 at 5:02 pm

    Shatter is nice



  14. @P45-m3e on September 26, 2025 at 5:04 pm

    don’t open blast indoors, guys



  15. @if6was985 on September 26, 2025 at 5:06 pm

    Deadly?
    Kin nonsense.



  16. @Dracosplace6663 on September 26, 2025 at 5:09 pm

    Should be done in a very well vented room or better yet outdoors man… your putting all that gas into your house and it doesn’t take much to blow it



  17. @ItsCharlieDude on September 26, 2025 at 5:11 pm

    Regulation is the only way forward now Criminal markets are having to compete with imports from legalised nations. this should have been resolved years ago and we bury our heads further in the sand….. A Uni student recently told me she estimated 70% of students on a night out were using cocaine…. The war on drugs failed a long time ago



  18. @DwightNiswonger-d3q on September 26, 2025 at 5:11 pm

    "Deadly" 😂😂😂😂 Be honest . Production by dumbasses is dangerous .



  19. @Donald-r1g6b on September 26, 2025 at 5:12 pm

    BS



  20. @patriotgaming98 on September 26, 2025 at 5:12 pm

    Got loads of ot here 😂😂😂😂🎉



  21. @collectorofterps on September 26, 2025 at 5:14 pm

    Just make live rosin nice and safe. Taste is also better



  22. @ETH85 on September 26, 2025 at 5:14 pm

    Shatter has been about for donkeys years.. only issue is clowns doing in indoors with little ventilation..
    Any common sense tells you not to have a room full of butane gas



  23. @WhiskeyRango on September 26, 2025 at 5:16 pm

    This is a joke because this method has been around for decades late catch on it



  24. @smith-i7o on September 26, 2025 at 5:17 pm

    if it was legalized this would not happen..



  25. @brynntaylor6952 on September 26, 2025 at 5:19 pm

    The most important thing here is that people put the dangers of weed into context, weed is about as dangerous as alcohol, alcohol is actually a very dangerous substance, but realistically weed does have a lot of benefits, and there will be a lot of people that would prefer to use weed instead of alcohol, weed is also easier to come out of an addiction with than alcohol. Weed is not satan lettuce, but it’s also not some magically all healing plant, it’s just a drug like any other drug, it has risks and benefits, but realistically there is no reason it shouldn’t be legal.



  26. @Yesterdaysteachings-w on September 26, 2025 at 5:20 pm

    What a bunch of boomers



  27. @outdoorfreedom9778 on September 26, 2025 at 5:21 pm

    I don’t smoke but I have seen on line how shatter is made. I grow my own weed and make a tincture with it. the only added ingredient I use is alcohol. I’m not a big drinker either but do have a jug of Scotch on hand.



  28. @mattpratt4458 on September 26, 2025 at 5:21 pm

    So not the use then the making. Everyone knows ganja MAY effect your mental health but ain’t blowing up when we blazing it 😂😂 also new breed of weed but it’s been about for years



  29. @MegaSokni on September 26, 2025 at 5:22 pm

    Lmao this is ancient history



  30. @sarge4418 on September 26, 2025 at 5:22 pm

    its old ffs



  31. @Printintegral43 on September 26, 2025 at 5:24 pm

    Sounds like the problem isn’t the shatter, it’s stupid people trying to produce it from their living room, not ventilation and no knowledge of what they should be doing.



  32. @Kierancottbhc on September 26, 2025 at 5:25 pm

    Actor reconstruction proper hard to watch so bad acting 😂😂😂



  33. @smokeymcbongwater3561 on September 26, 2025 at 5:25 pm

    Exploding plants 😂😂😂😂



  34. @matthewlizotte8904 on September 26, 2025 at 5:27 pm

    Y’all are Stereo Typing Concentrates the same way the United States did with Cannabis Flower back in the 1930s. As a US Citizen who has been using Cannabis for 32 years I’ll give you the honest breakdown. 1. For us Cannabis Flower takes way more Product to get that Classic High which is a huge waste as Cannabis Flower is like drinking a Beer. Concentrates on the other hand a little bit goes a long way so the Veteran user will have to use far less product which will allow the substance to last longer. Or in other words Concentrates is like Drinking Shots of Hard Alcohol. But to say it’s deadly is bullshit. Cannabis whether thru Flower or Concentrates Never Killed Anyone unlike Alcohol which kills Daily… Stop With The Reafer Maddness Propaganda as No one is Falling for the Lies Anymore.



  35. @Marky-e5t on September 26, 2025 at 5:27 pm

    Cancer cure



  36. @leegore3258 on September 26, 2025 at 5:32 pm

    The guy saying he got burnt is bollox he burnt himself from smoking a bong is he alright in the head?



  37. @rewatech7124 on September 26, 2025 at 5:32 pm

    Scaremongering by someone who doesn’t know what they’re talking about. Guess anybody can be a journalist.



  38. @cold5716 on September 26, 2025 at 5:32 pm

    all of these people trying to justify it by saying alcohol this and that



  39. @chrisgowans-d8y on September 26, 2025 at 5:34 pm

    24/7!!! Yo chuck us ya number 😂😂



  40. @frostyshark6317 on September 26, 2025 at 5:34 pm

    Ignorant blokes.



  41. @bigmonstermania100 on September 26, 2025 at 5:36 pm

    Fake podcast . Do not follow this man LIES….. FACTS 💯



  42. @icexx111 on September 26, 2025 at 5:36 pm

    Deadly hahahaha more fridges causes fires than crops



  43. @Grassy_Gnoll on September 26, 2025 at 5:38 pm

    This "new" trend is so old that nobody’s vaping it in legal states, anymore. I just came to laugh at the propaganda! Oh, now he’s on about the potency! 🤣 And now the butane explosions! 🤣

    I’ve been smoking for over 40 years. Nobody’s falling for your propaganda, anymore!



  44. @Jerry-y5j8n on September 26, 2025 at 5:38 pm

    Its fckn plant resin



  45. @daydays12 on September 26, 2025 at 5:39 pm

    Even according to official UK government statistics which clearly underestimate the numbers there are
    at least three quarters of a million alcholics ( people addicted to alchohol) in England alone.
    How addictive is cannabis? Hardly at all.
    In the UK at least 384000 reported violent crimes are related to alchohol.
    Criminality related to cannabis is ONLY because it is illegal!!! A problem CAUSED by the
    law just as in the US " as Prohibition progressed, violent crime rates surged, with gang rivalries leading to infamous events such as the Saint Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929. Organized crime not only supplied illegal goods but also established deep connections with local communities and politics, leading to widespread corruption." ( EBSCO)
    Idiotic ban on cannabis leds to similar stupid unnecessary consequences and keeps the police busy!
    As is evidenced in this report and everywhre in the media "drug laws have been used to criminalize communities of color and minorities. Legalizing cannabis can help reduce the overpolicing of these populations." ( Bloomberg school of Public Health)



  46. @SamDavidurch on September 26, 2025 at 5:42 pm

    Should be legal! Free the weed! FTS!



  47. @ByeFelicia87 on September 26, 2025 at 5:45 pm

    Well when you legalize and regulate, you don’t wind up with people cooking drugs in apartments.



  48. @AJ-420thestonedmason on September 26, 2025 at 5:46 pm

    All messed up how y’all making weed try sound bad. Weed is amazing! Never done anything stupid apart from eat to much or start crying with laughter! When I used to drink I was locked up fighting all the time and taking coke and doing stupid stuff. Weed needs to be legal so it’s done controled and safe



  49. @leegore3258 on September 26, 2025 at 5:46 pm

    Get a grip. Ban alcohol that’s the killer



  50. @MindfulMilitant on September 26, 2025 at 5:46 pm

    WHAT YEAR IS IT ???????? LOL