Fact Check Posts – Page 2

Richard Ojeda
stated on October 24, 2018 a video posted to Facebook

"We have lost more lives in the last two years" due to opioids "than all of the lives lost during the Vietnam War."

By Douglas Soule • November 15, 2018

Joe Manchin
stated on October 3, 2018 a tweet

West Virginia "has the highest overdose rate per capita of any state in our nation."

By Davis Versprille • November 1, 2018

Donald Trump
stated on March 10, 2018 a rally

Says China and Singapore impose the death penalty on drug dealers.

By Miriam Valverde • March 14, 2018

Eric Schneiderman
stated on September 19, 2017 an announcement

Some states hit hardest by opioid deaths "have more opioid prescriptions than residents."

By Dan Clark • October 2, 2017

Ted Yoho
stated on March 28, 2017 a House hearing

"Afghanistan has more hectares (of opium poppies) planted today than they had before we started this war."

By Jon Greenberg • April 4, 2017

Gavin Newsom
stated on February 24, 2017 a letter

During his campaign for president, Donald Trump "committed to honoring states' rights when it comes to marijuana legalization."

By Chris Nichols • February 28, 2017

Tammy Baldwin
stated on January 5, 2017 a tweet

The federal government is prohibited "from negotiating lower prescription drug prices for our senior citizens."

January 17, 2017

Donald Trump
stated on October 19, 2016 the third presidential debate

"Heroin .. pours across our southern borders."

By Jon Greenberg, Linda Qiu • October 20, 2016

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

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

By Linda Qiu • September 13, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 5, 2016 a Medium post

"Most Americans support" the legalization of marijuana.

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 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.

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."

By Kevin Hoffman • August 4, 2016

Brad Schimel
stated on June 6, 2016 an opinion piece

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

By Cara Lombardo • July 8, 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."

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."

By Jim Tharpe • May 11, 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."

By Louis Jacobson • 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."

By Nadia Pflaum • March 14, 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."

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."

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."

By W. Gardner Selby • October 30, 2015

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