E-cigarette company Juul is facing mounting backlash from users who claim the nicotine salts in Juul products have made them more addictive, Wired reports.
Why it matters: As a result, the company is facing several lawsuits, two filed in April and one in June, which assert that Juul was being deceptive in marketing itself as a better alternative to cigarettes.
A public health care plan — once deemed too liberal to make it into the Affordable Care Act — is now the more moderate position for many Democrats who are uncomfortable with the party's rapid embrace of "Medicare for All."
Yes, but: Democrats haven't decided yet what a public option should look like.
Police officers are increasingly shifting away from their punitive, law-and-order approach to the opioid epidemic and experimenting with other strategies more commonly used by social workers.
Between the lines: The staggering crisis has radically changed how local police departments operate, with officers on the front lines directing opioid addicts to drug treatment programs and allowing users to turn in drugs instead of arresting them.
