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Joe Rogan
Joe Rogan
stated on April 18, 2026 comments at the Oval Office:
“With one dose of ibogaine, more than 80% of people are free of (opioid) addiction. With two doses, it's more than 90%.”
Mostly False
By Grace Abels • April 22, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 22, 2026 publicaciones en redes sociales:
Imagen muestra a Puerto Vallarta, México, después de la muerte de Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, el líder del Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación.
False
By Maria Briceño • February 23, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 29, 2026 a White House event:
After U.S. vessel strikes in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean, “drugs entering our country by sea are down 97%.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • February 23, 2026
Social Media
Social Media
stated on February 22, 2026 social media posts:
Image shows Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, after the killing of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, the head of Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
False
By Maria Briceño • February 23, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on January 5, 2026 an X post:
Maduro was “flooding America with deadly fentanyl.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • January 7, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 1, 2025 una publicación en Truth Social:
Video muestra noticia de “última hora” en el que el presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro se “rindió públicamente” ante el presidente Donald Trump.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • December 4, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on December 1, 2025 a Truth Social post:
Video shows “breaking” news that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro "publicly surrendered" to President Donald Trump.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Briceño • December 3, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on November 6, 2025 an X post:
“RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office.”
False
By Maria Briceño • November 7, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2025 una conferencia de prensa:
Con respecto a los ataques contra las embarcaciones en las costas de Venezuela, “por cada barco que destruimos, salvamos 25,000 vidas estadounidenses”.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 23, 2025
Rand Paul
Rand Paul
stated on October 19, 2025 an interview:
“About 25% of the time the Coast Guard boards a ship, there are no drugs.”
Mostly True
By Samantha Putterman • October 22, 2025
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 15, 2025 news conference:
Regarding boat strikes off the coast of Venezuela, “Every boat that we knock out we save 25,000 American lives.”
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 16, 2025
X posts
X posts
stated on May 20, 2025 X posts:
The Sean “Diddy” Combs trial testimony revealed that former President Barack Obama was “caught in secret meetings with Diddy’s drug runner.”
False
By Loreben Tuquero • May 22, 2025
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on April 29, 2025 en una publicación en X:
En los primeros 100 días del presidente Donald Trump, las incautaciones de fentanilo salvaron entre "119 millones" y "258 millones" de vidas.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 9, 2025
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on April 29, 2025 an X post:
In President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, fentanyl seizures saved “119 million” to “258 million” lives.
Pants on Fire!
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • May 1, 2025
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on January 26, 2025 Facebook posts:
“Pfizer just released its list of side effects of its COVID-19 vaccine.”
False
By Sofia Ahmed • January 30, 2025
Ron Johnson
Ron Johnson
stated on November 17, 2024 TV interview:
“There's never been a placebo-controlled study on childhood vaccines.”
False
By Madeline Heim • January 2, 2025
Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris
stated on October 7, 2024 an interview:
“We have cut the flow of fentanyl by half.”
False
By Maria Ramirez Uribe • October 11, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2024 a rally in Erie, Pennsylvania:
Vice President Kamala Harris “even wants to legalize fentanyl.”
False
By Amy Sherman • October 1, 2024
Eric Hovde
Eric Hovde
stated on August 13, 2024 Public appearance:
Says U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin “has done absolutely nothing” about the fentanyl crisis.
False
By Laura Schulte • August 22, 2024
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on July 24, 2024 a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina:
“We’re losing 300,000 people a year to fentanyl that comes through our border. We had it down to the lowest number and now it’s worse than it’s ever been.”
Pants on Fire!
By Jacob Gardenswartz • August 16, 2024
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Latest promises about Drugs

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Impose the death penalty for selling drugs
Trump’s effort to impose death penalty for selling drugs faces legal hurdles | February 20, 2026
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
Designate drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations
State Department designates six cartels and two gangs as foreign terrorist organizations | February 26, 2025
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Lower cost of prescription drugs
Joe Biden reduced prescription drug prices, but not by 60% across the board | December 16, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Decriminalize marijuana
Biden pushes marijuana rescheduling forward, but Trump administration likely to finish process | December 16, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Allow import of prescription drugs from other countries
Biden FDA approves Florida request to import drugs from Canada, but state didn’t act | December 6, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Change tax code so pharmaceutical production stays in the US
Joe Biden fails to change the tax code to keep pharmaceutical companies’ production in the U.S. | December 2, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Expand services for people during and after incarceration
Biden increases funding, announces strategic plan to ease reentry for incarcerated individuals | July 24, 2024
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
Repeal law barring Medicare from negotiating lower drug prices
Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Act will allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices | August 10, 2022
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Send first-time nonviolent drug offenders to rehab if appropriate
Clear emphasis on drug treatment approaches | December 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Enhance drug courts
Drug courts are expanding, though not in federal system | December 6, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Eliminate disparity in sentencing for crack and cocaine
Congress reduces disparity | August 13, 2010
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