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Brad Schimel
Brad Schimel
stated on March 12, 2017 an interview
In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined."  
Half-True
By Dave Umhoefer • April 19, 2017
Wayne LaPierre
Wayne LaPierre
stated on February 24, 2017 a speech at CPAC
"According to the FBI, Mexican drug cartels are working with 100,000 street gang members in Chicago alone."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • March 14, 2017
End Citizens United
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
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
Louie Gohmert
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
Pete Gallego
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
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
Californians for Lower Drug Prices
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
Jeb Bush
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
Robert Puente
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
June 1, 2015
Rick Perry
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 Crowley
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
Don't Let Florida Go To Pot
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
Barack Obama
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
Patrick Kennedy
stated on January 8, 2013 news story
"Eighty percent of those who have applied for licenses have no cancer, no Parkinson's disease or glaucoma. They have nothing you would associate [with] the use of medical marijuana."
Half-True
By Michael McKinney • February 3, 2013
Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio
stated on January 17, 2013 an interview on Fox News
"Washington, D.C., had some of the strictest gun laws in the country. And when they passed them, violence skyrocketed."
Half-True
By Becky Bowers • January 28, 2013
Rick Perry
Rick Perry
stated on June 7, 2012 a speech to the Republican Party of Texas convention in Fort Worth.
Barack Obama has "provided guns to Mexican drug cartels."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • June 18, 2012
Silvestre Reyes
Silvestre Reyes
stated on February 26, 2012 a video advertisement.
Says opponent Beto O’Rourke "wants to legalize drugs."
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 7, 2012
Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson
stated on September 19, 2011 an interview with the editorial board of the 'Telegraph.'
Says the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 2.3 million inmates, and the majority of Americans are imprisoned because they sold small amounts of drugs.
Half-True
By Maryalice Gill • September 22, 2011
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
stated on June 5, 2011 an interview on CNN
"Studies show that people that are on welfare are higher users of drugs than people not on welfare."
Half-True
By Aaron Sharockman • June 9, 2011
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