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Latest Fact-Checks In Drugs

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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
By Tom Kertscher • 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
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 4, 2021 a Facebook post:
Says El Chapo testified in court that he paid off Nancy Pelosi to keep the U.S.-Mexico border open for drug cartels.
Pants on Fire!
By Samantha Putterman • March 12, 2021
Melissa Agard
Melissa Agard
stated on February 10, 2021 Twitter:
"Youth usage of marijuana has actually gone down in states that have fully legalized.”
Half-True
By Madeline Heim • March 5, 2021
Chris Kapenga
Chris Kapenga
stated on February 10, 2021 Twitter:
“The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk of developing schizophrenia increases three fold.”
True
By Haley BeMiller • March 5, 2021
Mark Walker
Mark Walker
stated on January 22, 2021 a tweet:
“President Biden is raising the prices of insulin and Epi-Pens on those with high costs and the uninsured.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht, Samantha Putterman • February 12, 2021
Chuck Grassley
Chuck Grassley
stated on January 14, 2021 a tweet:
Insulin prices have "gone THRU THE ROOF for patients/taxpayers bc of manufacturer, health plan & PBM biz practices."
True
By Madison Black • February 2, 2021
David Rouzer
David Rouzer
stated on December 3, 2020 a tweet:
The National Institutes of Health “states that regular marijuana use can reduce IQ by 8 points.”
Mostly False
By Paul Specht • December 8, 2020
Ralph Northam
Ralph Northam
stated on December 3, 2020 a radio interview.:
“People of color and those of not, they use marijuana at the same rate. People of color are three times more likely to get arrested and convicted.”
True
By Warren Fiske • December 3, 2020
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson
stated on November 2, 2020 a Fox News broadcast:
“When large numbers of people in Butler (Pa.) started killing themselves with narcotics, no one in Washington or New York or Los Angeles said a word about it.”
Mostly False
By Jon Greenberg • November 5, 2020
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on August 19, 2020 an interview with the Washington Examiner:
“Now with the COVID-19 … more people are dependent on drugs or alcohol.”
Mostly True
By Delaney Geiger, Julia Maltby • October 28, 2020
Joe Biden
Joe Biden
stated on October 22, 2020 the final 2020 presidential debate:
As part of the Obama administration's criminal justice reforms, “38,000 prisoners were released from federal prison.”
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • October 23, 2020
David McKinley
David McKinley
stated on September 9, 2020 a tweet:
"Nearly 800 million opioid pills were shipped to WV, amounting to 433 pills for every man, woman, and child in the state.”
Mostly True
By Camren Gandee, Julia Manley • October 15, 2020
Congressional Leadership Fund
Congressional Leadership Fund
stated on September 25, 2020 a campaign ad:
Says Sri Kulkarni attended “notorious desert drug parties” and was arrested for cocaine.
Half-True
By Noah Y. Kim • October 6, 2020
Ryan Holets
Ryan Holets
stated on August 25, 2020 in a speech at the Republican National Convention:
“Drug overdose deaths decreased in 2018 for the first time in 30 years.”
Mostly True
By Julie Appleby • August 27, 2020
Duty and Honor
Duty and Honor
stated on August 7, 2020 a campaign ad:
Sen. Steve Daines “voted to give billions in tax breaks to big drug companies even as they raised prices.”
Half-True
By Noah Y. Kim • August 25, 2020
Carol Miller
Carol Miller
stated on July 30, 2020 a tweet:
“In West Virginia alone, overdoses have increased by 50% during the #COVID-19 pandemic.”
Mostly True
By Patrick Orsagos • August 19, 2020
Senate Majority PAC
Senate Majority PAC
stated on July 13, 2020 a TV ad:
Says Susan Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers” and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin.
Mostly False
By Tom Kertscher • August 14, 2020
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