Stand up for the facts!

Our only agenda is to publish the truth so you can be an informed participant in democracy.
We need your help.

More Info

Latest Fact-Checks In Drugs

Clear

Susan Shapiro
stated on January 15, 2015 a newspaper commentary:

"The 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that up to half of daily marijuana smokers become addicted -- an estimated 2.7 million people in the U.S."

True

By Katie Mulvaney • February 9, 2015

Rick Perry
stated on January 15, 2015 valedictory speech as governor to the Texas Legislature:

Texas has "the lowest crime rate in this state since 1968" because of changes in law regarding nonviolent drug offenders.

Half-True

By W. Gardner Selby • February 3, 2015

James Aubin
stated on January 5, 2015 a newspaper commentary:

"Colorado raked in $60 million in marijuana taxes and licensing fees in the past year."

True

By Katie Mulvaney • January 11, 2015

James Crowley
stated on December 6, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal:

"Surveys of teens in high school reveal that knowing a classmate who sells cannabis is 90 times more common than knowing a classmate who sells alcohol."

Half-True

By Katie Mulvaney • December 21, 2014

Greg Abbott
stated on September 19, 2014 a debate in the Rio Grande Valley.:

"The FBI is involved in an investigation about people in the Rio Grande Valley who are using cocaine to buy votes."

Mostly True

By W. Gardner Selby • September 24, 2014

Pam Bondi
stated on September 8, 2014 a campaign commercial:

Of the 98 top oxycodone-dispensing doctors who used to live in Florida, "today, there are none."

Mostly True

By Joshua Gillin • September 16, 2014

Brad Schimel
stated on August 15, 2014 an interview:

Heroin and prescription opioids are "the number one cause of accidental or preventable death in Wisconsin."

False

By Tom Kertscher • August 27, 2014

John Oliver
stated on August 17, 2014 a segment on his show, "Last Week Tonight":

"The number of SWAT raids have gone up by 1,400 percent since the 1980s."

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • August 18, 2014

Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
stated on August 5, 2014 on their website:

"25 percent of all drug-related fatal vehicle accidents in the U.S. involve marijuana."

Half-True

By Joshua Gillin • August 5, 2014

Hillary Clinton
stated on June 10, 2014 her book, "Hard Choices":

"By the time I left" the State Department, "economic growth was up and opium production was down" in Afghanistan, while "infant mortality declined" and school enrollment rose by more than sevenfold.

Mostly True

By Louis Jacobson • June 10, 2014

Americans for Safe Access
stated on June 5, 2014 a TV ad:

Judging by a recent vote, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz "thinks it's okay for medical marijuana patients to go to federal prison."

Mostly False

By Amy Sherman • June 10, 2014

Earl Blumenauer
stated on May 15, 2014 a website statement:

"Marijuana is less addictive than both alcohol and tobacco."

True

By Dana Tims • June 4, 2014

Heidi Heilman
stated on March 13, 2014 a commentary in The Providence Journal:

"Today’s marijuana is 300 percent to 800 percent more potent than the pot of yesteryear."

True

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2014

NAACP
stated on March 3, 2014 a news release:

In the U.S., "African-Americans continue to be arrested at nearly three and one half times the rate of whites" on marijuana charges.

True

By John Hill • March 16, 2014

John Morgan
stated on February 24, 2014 a medical marijuana debate at the University of Tampa:

Says Cathy Jordan was "arrested" and dragged out of her home by "a SWAT team of hooligans" for using medical marijuana.

Mostly False

By Joshua Gillin • March 13, 2014

Michael Cerullo
stated on February 20, 2014 a newspaper commentary:

"Marijuana contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco."

Mostly False

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 6, 2014

Barack Obama
stated on January 31, 2014 an interview with CNN:

"What is and isn't a Schedule I narcotic is a job for Congress."

Half-True

By Steve Contorno • February 4, 2014

Patrick Kennedy
stated on January 21, 2014 an interview with MSNBC:

Marijuana today is "genetically modified," with THC levels that "far surpass the marijuana" of the 1970s.

Mostly True

By Steve Contorno • January 24, 2014

Brian Kilmeade
stated on January 21, 2014 a broadcast of "Fox and Friends":

Says Colorado food stamp recipients can use ATMs to get cash to buy marijuana.

False

By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2014

Nancy Grace
stated on January 14, 2014 a segment on 'Nancy Grace':

People on pot "shoot each other ... stab each other ... strangle each other, drive under the influence, kill families."

Mostly False

By Katie Sanders • January 24, 2014

Previous Next