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Latest Fact-Checks In Drugs

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Troy Nehls
Troy Nehls
stated on February 9, 2022 an ad
"In Joe Biden’s America, your children are more likely to have access to a crack pipe than a mask-free education."
Pants on Fire!
February 10, 2022
X posts
X posts
stated on January 31, 2022 Twitter posts
Research from Japan shows “ivermectin is effective against omicron in Phase III trial.”
False
By Gabrielle Settles • February 2, 2022
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on January 25, 2022 a tweet
“Without a shred of clinical data to support its decision, the Biden Administration has revoked the emergency use authorization for lifesaving monoclonal antibody treatments.”
Mostly False
By Gabrielle Settles, Jon Greenberg • January 31, 2022
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 19, 2021 social media posts
“More people, aged 18-45, died of Fentanyl overdoses in 2020 than covid, car accidents, cancer, + suicide combined.”
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • December 23, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 12, 2021 a Facebook post
Eating grapefruit, “if you're on antidepressants,” can “cause a fatal overdose.”
False
December 21, 2021
John McGuire
John McGuire
stated on December 3, 2021 a radio interview.
“Overdoses in Virginia (are) up 35%.”
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • December 14, 2021
Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager
stated on November 8, 2021 an interview with Newsmax
"During the AIDS crisis, can you imagine if gay men and intravenous drug users … had they been pariahs the way the non-vaccinated are? But it would've been inconceivable."
Pants on Fire!
By Louis Jacobson • November 11, 2021
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on August 10, 2021 a tweet
“Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year.”
True
By Danny Kuhn, John Brumley • October 5, 2021
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on September 28, 2021 a blog post
"Pfizer launches final study for COVID drug that's suspiciously similar to 'horse paste'” ivermectin.
False
September 30, 2021
TikTok posts
TikTok posts
stated on September 2, 2021 a TikTok video
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine “is not approved.”
False
September 17, 2021
Democratic Underground
Democratic Underground
stated on August 17, 2021 an Instagram post
“The second-largest investor in Regeneron” is a firm whose CEO is Ron DeSantis’ “number one political donor.”
Mostly False
August 19, 2021
Viral image
Viral image
stated on August 8, 2021 a Facebook post
Ivermectin is an effective treatment for COVID-19.
Mostly False
August 10, 2021
Josh Stein
Josh Stein
stated on August 3, 2021 a Council of State meeting
“More people have died of an opioid overdose in North Carolina in recent years than have died of COVID.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • August 6, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on August 1, 2021 a Facebook post
"They didn't allow" Simone Biles "to take her ADHD medication."
False
August 2, 2021
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 16, 2021 a press conference
“That meth … it’s almost all coming across the southern border and it’s been accelerating for the last six months.”
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • June 21, 2021
Kevin Kiley
Kevin Kiley
stated on April 26, 2021 a tweet
“San Francisco had twice as many drug overdose deaths as COVID deaths last year.”
True
By Chris Nichols • April 29, 2021
Kirk Cox
Kirk Cox
stated on April 7, 2021 a radio interview.
On Virginia’s new marijuana law: “You can have up to one pound with only a $25 fine.”
True
By Warren Fiske • April 28, 2021
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on April 19, 2021 an interview on Fox News
“Human trafficking and drugs” at the Mexico border have “doubled, tripled and quadrupled” since Joe Biden became president.
False
April 27, 2021
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Baldwin
stated on March 23, 2021 News release
"Over the past decade, drug prices have risen at three times the rate of inflation."
Half-True
By Haley BeMiller • April 7, 2021
Barbara Dittrich
Barbara Dittrich
stated on February 16, 2021 Column
"Pot today is not the weed baby boomers were smoking."
True
By Haley BeMiller • March 19, 2021
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