Latest Fact-Checks In Marijuana

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Donna Campbell
Donna Campbell
stated on May 22, 2019 the Texas Senate
"A study was done, a post-mortem, so a retrospective study done, looking at autopsies and drug levels, what drugs were in the blood of veterans that committed suicide, and 70 percent had THC."
Pants on Fire!
By Taylor Goldenstein • July 15, 2019
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Viral image
stated on May 14, 2019 a Facebook post
"Nearly every state that has legalized (marijuana) has also legislated that you lose your right to own a gun if you are prescribed, or buy it recreationally."
False
July 9, 2019
Kelly Cassidy
Kelly Cassidy
stated on May 4, 2019 press conference remarks
"In states that have legalized (recreational marijuana), you see steady decreases in youth use if you do it right."
Mostly False
By Kiannah Sepeda-Miller • May 12, 2019
Gary Farmer
Gary Farmer
stated on March 7, 2019 a Florida Senate meeting
"Some patients who are on transplant lists for kidney or other organs are being dropped from the list simply because they are shown as a licensed card holder" for medical marijuana.
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • March 27, 2019
John Hickenlooper
John Hickenlooper
stated on March 20, 2019 a CNN town hall
After legalizing marijuana in Colorado, "we haven't seen a spike in consumption."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 25, 2019
David Crowley
David Crowley
stated on February 24, 2019 a TV interview
''Over 40 percent of African-American men in (Milwaukee County) have been going to prison for low-level drug offenses, and I think a hundred times that in the city of Madison."
False
By D.L. Davis • March 19, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 11, 2019 a Facebook post
Says Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper, grew and smoked marijuana, and said "hemp is of first necessity to the wealth and protection of the country."
Mostly False
By Samantha Putterman • March 13, 2019
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on February 18, 2019 a news release
"Drug-related offenses make up as much as 75-85 percent of inmate populations" in Wisconsin
Pants on Fire!
By Eric Litke • February 22, 2019
Patricia Fahy
Patricia Fahy
stated on January 14, 2019 a radio interview
As for recreational marijuana revenue projections, "we are seeing all those numbers reach disappointing levels in the states that have legalized. They’re not meeting their targets for the most part."   
Mostly False
By Jill Terreri Ramos • January 21, 2019
Thomas Anderson
Thomas Anderson
stated on December 13, 2018 in a meeting
"If the experiences in Colorado and Washington are the experiences we have here, roadway deaths are going to go up, impaired driving is likely to go up." 
Half-True
By Kit Norton, Xander Landen • January 3, 2019
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 14, 2018 a radio interview
Says as a Schedule 1 drug, marijuana carries a designation that means it "should not be researched"  
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • November 21, 2018
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on September 14, 2018 a radio interview
Says VA doctors are "censored from being able to talk to their patients" about marijuana, even in states where it is legal for medicinal use
Mostly False
By Eric Litke • November 9, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on October 18, 2018 posts on the Internet
"Canada Pays Off Entire Federal Debt One Day After Marijuana Legalization"
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • October 24, 2018
Beto O'Rourke
Beto O'Rourke
stated on September 29, 2018 at a rally in Austin
Says marijuana is "legal in most states in this country."
Mostly False
By Johnathan Silver • October 5, 2018
Nate McMurray
Nate McMurray
stated on August 18, 2018 a statement on his campaign website
"Evidence is mounting that marijuana legalization reduces opioid addiction numbers."
Mostly True
By Jill Terreri Ramos • August 31, 2018
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on April 17, 2018 an editorial
Marijuana and THC "have caused emergency room visits to skyrocket."
Half-True
By Katie Akin • July 6, 2018
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 20, 2018 a tweet
"Black and Latino people in NYC are arrested at TEN times the rate of white people for virtually the same rate of marijuana usage."
True
By Dan Clark • April 25, 2018
John Chiang
John Chiang
stated on March 29, 2018 a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions
"A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis," including recreational and medical marijuana.
True
By Chris Nichols • April 20, 2018
Andrew Cuomo
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 11, 2018 a conversation with reporters
"I think we're actually ahead" on legalizing marijuana for recreational use in New York state.
False
By Dan Clark • April 17, 2018
John Morgan
John Morgan
stated on July 6, 2017 a lawsuit
"Despite decades of marijuana being used for smoking in the United States, there have been no reported medical cases of lung cancer" attributed to marijuana.
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • July 13, 2017
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