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Mike Pence
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:

Says Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine "want to expand (Obamacare) into a single-payer program."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • October 5, 2016

Donald Trump
stated on September 12, 2016 an interview on CNBC:

Heroin comes in the United States "from the southern border."

True

By Linda Qiu • September 13, 2016

End Citizens United
stated on August 22, 2016 a campaign ad:

Says U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin voted to "force seniors to pay more for prescription drugs."

Half-True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 30, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 5, 2016 a Medium post:

"Most Americans support" the legalization of marijuana.

True

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 3, 2016 a town hall meeting:

Legal prescription drugs "statistically kill 100,000 people a year, (but) there are no documented deaths due to marijuana."

Half-True

By Joseph Cariz • August 16, 2016

Josh Shapiro
stated on August 11, 2016 a platform on his campaign website:

Overdosing is now the number one accidental killer in our Commonwealth.

True

By Anna Orso • August 11, 2016

Richard Durbin
stated on July 20, 2016 a press release :

"Illinois suffered 1,652 overdose deaths in 2014 ... of which 40 percent were associated with heroin. Illinois is ranked number one in the nation for a decline in treatment capacity between 2007 and 2012, and is now ranked the third worst in the country for state-funded treatment capacity."

True

By Kevin Hoffman • August 4, 2016

Van Jones
stated on July 7, 2016 a panel discussion on CNN:

African-Americans don't use drugs at a higher level than whites but "wind up going to prison six times more."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • July 13, 2016

Andrew Cuomo
stated on June 22, 2016 a press conference in Buffalo before signing legislation to combat heroin addiction.:

"We’re losing as many people to heroin and opioid overdoses as we lost to the AIDS epidemic at its peak."

Mostly False

By Dan Clark • July 8, 2016

Brad Schimel
stated on June 6, 2016 an opinion piece:

"More people now die in Wisconsin from drug overdoses than car crashes."

True

By Cara Lombardo • July 8, 2016

Louie Gohmert
stated on May 10, 2016 House floor remarks:

"Of all the people in federal prison for possession of illegal substances, 77 percent of them are not citizens of the United States."

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • June 17, 2016

Larry Yarborough
stated on June 9, 2016 a meeting in the legislature about hemp regulations:

Says if you try to hide marijuana in a hemp field, "it becomes worthless. The THC goes away."

Mostly True

By Will Doran • June 14, 2016

Pete Gallego
stated on April 22, 2016 Pete Gallego campaign press release:

Says Will Hurd "cosponsored a bill that would militarize our border and allow 200 miles of new roads to be built in the Big Bend region -- cutting up our beloved park."

Half-True

By Filipa Ioannou • May 26, 2016

Rob Portman
stated on May 17, 2016 a radio interview:

Ohio is "probably top five in the country, sadly, in terms of heroin overdoses. It’s now exceeded car accidents as the No. 1 cause of death in Ohio."

Half-True

By Nadia Pflaum • May 23, 2016

William Devereaux
stated on May 10, 2016 a legislative hearing :

"You can import as many hemp products into this country as you want...but we can’t grow it."

True

By Jacqueline Tempera • May 22, 2016

Vernon Keenan
stated on April 26, 2016 Newspaper interview :

The city of Clarkston "can’t decriminalize marijuana. Only state legislators and Congress can do that."

True

By Jim Tharpe • May 11, 2016

Freedom Partners Action Fund
stated on May 2, 2016 a TV ad:

"Russ Feingold got a memo in 2009 that outlined veteran harm" at a Wisconsin VA facility "and nothing was done."

False

By Tom Kertscher • May 11, 2016

Hillary Clinton
stated on April 21, 2016 a "Good Morning America" town hall:

Marijuana is a Schedule I drug, "which you understand means that you can’t do any research about it."

Mostly False

By Lauren Carroll • April 26, 2016

Kofi Annan
stated on April 19, 2016 an op-ed in the Huffington Post:

"Studies have consistently failed to establish the existence of a link between the harshness of a country’s drug laws and its levels of drug use."

Mostly True

By Jon Greenberg • April 22, 2016

Bernie Sanders
stated on March 26, 2016 a speech:

"Under the federal Controlled Substance Act, marijuana is listed in the same Schedule I as heroin," even though "marijuana is not a killer drug like heroin."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • April 22, 2016

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