Latest Fact-Checks In Drugs

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Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 7, 2024 Public appearance
“We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.”
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By Laura Schulte • March 29, 2024
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on February 3, 2024 a newsletter for constituents
“Marijuana is currently classified in the same category of drugs as heroin and a more dangerous category than fentanyl or cocaine.”
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By Conor Amendola, Brooke Johnpier • February 20, 2024
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 21, 2024 X, formerly Twitter
“Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 2022.”
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By Laura Schulte • February 6, 2024
Nikki Haley
Nikki Haley
stated on December 14, 2023 a town hall in Atkinson, New Hampshire
“We’ve had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined.”
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By Grace Abels • December 19, 2023
West Virginia Republican Party
West Virginia Republican Party
stated on August 23, 2022 a tweet
“Overdoses reached an all-time high in 2021.”
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By Courtney Clingan, Samuel Russ • October 13, 2022
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on April 11, 2022 Twitter
Cannabis reform "is supported by the majority of the residents of our state, including a majority of Republicans."
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By D.L. Davis • April 29, 2022
John Cornyn
John Cornyn
stated on February 14, 2022 a tweet
"100,000 Americans died of an overdose in a single year."
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By Nusaiba Mizan • February 21, 2022
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on August 10, 2021 a tweet
“Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year.”
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By Danny Kuhn, John Brumley • October 5, 2021
Kevin Kiley
Kevin Kiley
stated on April 26, 2021 a tweet
“San Francisco had twice as many drug overdose deaths as COVID deaths last year.”
True
By Chris Nichols • April 29, 2021
Kirk Cox
Kirk Cox
stated on April 7, 2021 a radio interview.
On Virginia’s new marijuana law: “You can have up to one pound with only a $25 fine.”
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By Warren Fiske • April 28, 2021
Barbara Dittrich
Barbara Dittrich
stated on February 16, 2021 Column
"Pot today is not the weed baby boomers were smoking."
True
By Haley BeMiller • March 19, 2021
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on February 10, 2021 Twitter
“The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk of developing schizophrenia increases three fold.”
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By Haley BeMiller • March 5, 2021
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on January 14, 2021 a tweet
Insulin prices have "gone THRU THE ROOF for patients/taxpayers bc of manufacturer, health plan & PBM biz practices."
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February 2, 2021
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on December 3, 2020 a radio interview.
“People of color and those of not, they use marijuana at the same rate. People of color are three times more likely to get arrested and convicted.”
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By Warren Fiske • December 3, 2020
Public Citizen
Public Citizen
stated on June 29, 2020 a tweet
“Taxpayers spent $70,000,000 to develop this drug ( remdesivir)."
True
By Madeline Heim • July 23, 2020
Monica Wallace
Monica Wallace
stated on June 8, 2020 a newspaper interview
Significantly more people died of Covid-19 in two months than died of overdoses all of last year or the year before.
True
By John Pullano • June 18, 2020
Josh Hawley
Josh Hawley
stated on September 10, 2019 a tweet
"Meth production in MO has cratered over last decade. MO Hwy Patrol reported 1,326 meth lab seizures in 2006, only 50 in 2018."
True
By Greta Serrin • October 10, 2019
Cory Booker
Cory Booker
stated on July 5, 2019 an interview
"In 2017, we had more marijuana possession arrests in our country than all other violent crimes combined."
True
July 11, 2019
Patricia Pike
Patricia Pike
stated on April 11, 2019 a legislative debate
"Over 30 states passed the legislation to ban powdered alcohol," and Missouri is not one of them
True
By Gaëlle Fournier • May 10, 2019
Nita Lowey
Nita Lowey
stated on January 7, 2019 a radio interview
"The facts are, the majority of opioids and all kinds of other things that are connected to the opioids are coming through the point of entry."  
True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 14, 2019
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