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Californians for Lower Drug Prices
stated on March 21, 2016 a press release:

"Twenty-seven out-of-state pharmaceutical companies have raised more campaign dollars (against a drug price control measure) than all other state ballot measures have raised to date, combined."

Half-True

By Chris Nichols • April 4, 2016

Joe Pitts
stated on March 10, 2016 a Medium post:

"According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 120 Americans on average die from a drug overdose every day. Overall, drug overdose deaths now outnumber deaths from firearms."

True

By Louis Jacobson • March 21, 2016

Club for Growth
stated on March 17, 2016 a political ad:

Says Donald Trump promised "to take care of everybody (through government-run healthcare and) the government's going to pay for it."

False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 21, 2016

Rob Portman
stated on March 8, 2016 Department of Homeland Security hearing:

"We understand that this heroin is primarily coming from Mexico, over the border."

True

By Nadia Pflaum • March 14, 2016

Maggie Hassan
stated on February 4, 2016 her State of the State speech :

"Drug overdoses are now the second-most common cause of death in New Hampshire."

False

By Allie Morris • February 22, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on January 21, 2016 an editorial board interview with the Concord Monitor:

"90 percent of all pain medications are prescribed in the United States."

Mostly True

By Clay Wirestone • February 4, 2016

Jeb Bush
stated on January 4, 2016 a column posted on Medium:

"As governor of Florida, I used a combination of strategies to help reduce heroin use among youth in Florida by approximately 50 percent."

Half-True

By Louis Jacobson • January 13, 2016

Vicky Hartzler
stated on October 9, 2015 an interview on ABC's "This Week":

"Twenty-five percent of our kids in foster care are there because their parents are involved in drugs."

True

By Sean Nelson • November 30, 2015

Mason Tvert
stated on October 27, 2015 a news release:

"Most Americans are ready to put it [marijuana prohibition] behind us and move on."

True

By Mark Reynolds • November 8, 2015

Facebook posts
stated on August 6, 2015 a Snopes.com tweet recapping a Facebook post:

A Texas police department bought an ad telling drug dealers, "We can take your competition off the streets for FREE."

True

By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2015

Centers for Disease Control
stated on October 22, 2015 map:

Georgia has the highest flu activity in the country.

Mostly True

By Nancy Badertscher • October 26, 2015

Bernie Sanders
stated on October 13, 2015 a Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas:

"We are imprisoning or giving jail sentences to young people who are smoking marijuana."

Mostly False

By Louis Jacobson • October 14, 2015

Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 the CNN Republican debate:

"The marijuana that kids are smoking today is not the same as the marijuana that Jeb Bush smoked 40 years ago."

True

By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015

Hillary Clinton
stated on September 1, 2015 an op-ed in the New Hampshire Union-Leader:

"Twenty-three million Americans suffer from addiction, but only 1 in 10 get treatment."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • September 4, 2015

Maggie Hassan
stated on June 16, 2015 her State of the State speech in Nashua:

Six thousand people have sought addiction treatment through expanded Medicaid.

False

By Clay Wirestone • July 2, 2015

Robert Puente
stated on May 12, 2015 remarks to the Milwaukee Common Council:

If Milwaukee approves reducing its maximum forfeiture for marijuana possession to $50, the city would have "23 different bicycle violations that have a higher forfeiture."

Half-True

By Tom Kertscher • June 1, 2015

Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 testimony before the House Judiciary Committee:

"The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years."

False

By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015

Dino Baccari
stated on April 16, 2015 testimony before the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services.:

A Penn State University study found that "electronic cigarettes . . . are far less addictive than cigarettes."

Mostly True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • May 3, 2015

Edward Flynn
stated on April 14, 2015 a news conference:

In Wisconsin, a "second arrest for carrying pot is a felony," but a second or subsequent arrest "for carrying a gun illegally is a misdemeanor."

Mostly True

By Tom Kertscher • April 15, 2015

Nancy Denuccio
stated on March 6, 2015 a TV interview:

"We've seen the increase of alcohol use for underage kids even though alcohol has been illegal ... for kids under 21."

False

By Katie Mulvaney • March 13, 2015

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