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Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 in 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
Susan Shapiro
Susan Shapiro
stated on January 15, 2015 in 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
James Aubin
James Aubin
stated on January 5, 2015 in 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
Earl Blumenauer
Earl Blumenauer
stated on May 15, 2014 in a website statement:
"Marijuana is less addictive than both alcohol and tobacco."
True
By Dana Tims • June 4, 2014
Heidi Heilman
Heidi Heilman
stated on March 13, 2014 in 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
NAACP
stated on March 3, 2014 in 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
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
stated on January 11, 2014 in a Facebook post:
"Trey Radel does not even qualify to drive a Lee County school bus at this point, yet he occupies a seat in Congress."
True
By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2014
Pam Bondi
Pam Bondi
stated on October 24, 2013 in an initial brief to the Florida Supreme Court:
"Whether the Amendment passes or not, the medical use of marijuana is a federal criminal offense."
True
By Joshua Gillin • December 17, 2013
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on November 14, 2012 in a news conference:
"A man using bath salts reported that raccoons had set fire inside his home and stolen his cell phone."
True
By Joe Guillen • December 7, 2012
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
stated on October 16, 2012 in the second presidential debate:
Says Mitt Romney suggested that "employers should be able to make the decision as to whether or not a woman gets contraception through her insurance coverage."
True
By Becky Bowers, Jon Greenberg • October 17, 2012
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on August 15, 2012 in an interview:
Federal law adopted "under Tommy Thompson's watch" prohibits the government from negotiating for "better prices" on prescription drugs for senior citizens
True
By Tom Kertscher • September 4, 2012
Becky Moeller
Becky Moeller
stated on February 17, 2012 in a press statement.:
Says local Texas chambers of commerce were granted exemptions from paying property taxes on their headquarter properties.
True
By W. Gardner Selby • March 1, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on January 31, 2012 in a television commercial:
"One out of every three automobile fatalities can be attributed to alcohol."
True
By Willoughby Mariano • February 3, 2012
Nicholas Scutari
Nicholas Scutari
stated on July 27, 2011 in in a NJToday interview:
"Certainly we're going to be the most restrictive state in the land … in terms of who can get medical marijuana, how it will be prescribed and how it will be achieved in terms of moving it into the marketplace."
True
By Erin O'Neill • August 14, 2011
Michael Cutler
Michael Cutler
stated on June 7, 2011 in an appearance on the "Helen Glover ShowV:
"A couple of hundred American cities are infested by members of the Mexican cartels."
True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • June 19, 2011
Ian Lang
Ian Lang
stated on May 18, 2011 in a state Senate committee hearing:
"Rhode Island continues to have the highest rates of substance abuse in the country."
True
By Richard Salit • June 9, 2011
Rob Bovett
Rob Bovett
stated on March 28, 2011 in an article in The New York Times:
Since Oregon’s prescription-only law took effect, meth lab incidents have dropped by 96 percent and meth-related arrests by 32 percent.
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By Ian K. Kullgren • April 2, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 26, 2010 in an interview:
Says a highway was closed in El Paso because of bullets flying across the border.
True
By Meghan Ashford-Grooms • September 1, 2010
Dave Aronberg
Dave Aronberg
stated on July 26, 2010 in an editorial board interview:
"There are more pain clinics in Broward County than there are McDonald's in Broward County."
True
By Amy Sherman • July 29, 2010
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