Latest Fact-Checks In Drugs

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Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on September 16, 2015 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."    
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By Jon Greenberg • September 17, 2015
Susan Shapiro
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
James Aubin
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
Earl Blumenauer
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
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
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
Mike Scott
Mike Scott
stated on January 11, 2014 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 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 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 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 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
September 4, 2012
Becky Moeller
Becky Moeller
stated on February 17, 2012 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 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 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 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 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 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.
True
By Ian K. Kullgren • April 2, 2011
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on August 26, 2010 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 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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