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Latest Fact-Checks In Drugs

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Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on October 3, 2018 a tweet
West Virginia "has the highest overdose rate per capita of any state in our nation."
True
By Davis Versprille • November 1, 2018
Mike DeWine
Mike DeWine
stated on September 12, 2018 an ad
Says Richard Cordray’s "plan would allow drug dealers to remain on our streets."  
False
By Amy Sherman • September 26, 2018
Phil Bredesen
Phil Bredesen
stated on August 24, 2018 a press release
Says Marsha Blackburn "at the behest of the pharmaceutical industry, co-sponsored a law that weakened DEA enforcement efforts against drug distribution companies that were supplying corrupt doctors and pharmacists who peddled narcotics to the black market."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • September 18, 2018
Chris Sununu
Chris Sununu
stated on June 26, 2018 an interview
"Every time they’ve done those border patrols, they’ve taken out people who have trafficked drugs. That’s the federal government’s role. They’re doing their job."
Half-True
By Ethan DeWitt • July 27, 2018
Bloggers
Bloggers
stated on June 16, 2018 a blog post
"Obama administration kept illegal Mexican kids in detention camps as ‘experiment’"
Mostly False
By Bill McCarthy • June 25, 2018
Richard Cordray
Richard Cordray
stated on June 4, 2018 an event in Springfield
On Mike DeWine's record as attorney general: "Opioid deaths have tripled on his watch and there have been cuts to funds for first responders and people in the community fighting the crisis."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • June 12, 2018
Ron DeSantis
Ron DeSantis
stated on June 2, 2018 during a BBQ
"The bulk of the problem with the opioid epidemic is the fentanyl and all the synthetic drugs coming across the southern border."  
Half-True
By Allison Graves • June 7, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on May 29, 2018 a Republican rally in Nashville, Tenn.
"We got $6 billion for opioid and getting rid of that scourge that’s taking over our country. And the numbers are way down."  
False
By Jon Greenberg • May 31, 2018
Oliver North
Oliver North
stated on May 20, 2018 an interview on Fox News
Perpetrators of school shootings "have been drugged in many cases … many of these young boys have been on Ritalin since they were in kindergarten."
False
By Manuela Tobias • May 22, 2018
True American
True American
stated on May 13, 2018 a headline
"BREAKING: 60 people just found dead in Ohio"
False
By Amy Sherman • May 17, 2018
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on May 1, 2018 a tweet
Says Beto O’Rourke had a "resolution to legalize all narcotics--including heroin and other deadly opioids."
False
By W. Gardner Selby • May 2, 2018
Greg Abbott
Greg Abbott
stated on April 9, 2018 an interview by Trey Ware of San Antonio's KTSA radio station
Says that as of March 2018 compared with 2017, "there’s been a more than 200 percent increase in the number of people who are apprehended coming across the border. And, I’ll tell you this, there’s been a more than 200 percent increase in apprehension of heroin coming across the border."
Mostly False
By W. Gardner Selby • April 24, 2018
Sherrod Brown
Sherrod Brown
stated on April 9, 2018 a speech to the City Club of Cleveland
"Right now in Ohio 200,000 people are getting opioid treatment because they have insurance under the Affordable Care Act."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • April 20, 2018
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on March 10, 2018 a rally
Says China and Singapore impose the death penalty on drug dealers.
True
By Miriam Valverde • March 14, 2018
Ann Coulter
Ann Coulter
stated on January 30, 2018 a tweet
"100% of heroin/fentanyl epidemic is because we don't have a WALL."
Pants on Fire!
By Paul Specht • February 2, 2018
Jeff Sessions
Jeff Sessions
stated on January 4, 2018 a Justice Department memo
On rescinding Obama-era marijuana enforcement guidelines.
No Flip
By Jon Greenberg • January 5, 2018
Ufconly
Ufconly
stated on December 10, 2017 a headline
"Police discover meth lab in back room of Alabama Walmart."
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • January 2, 2018
Claire McCaskill
Claire McCaskill
stated on November 22, 2017 a press release
"Fentanyl is now killing more Americans than heroin or any other opioid."
Half-True
By Tateanna McCaskill • December 22, 2017
Joe Manchin
Joe Manchin
stated on October 22, 2017 An MSNBC interview
Says West Virginia is "down to around 50 percent of the adult workers who are actually working now because of addiction or conviction."
Half-True
By Allison Colburn • October 27, 2017
Ohioans Against Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue
Ohioans Against Deceptive Rx Ballot Issue
stated on May 23, 2017 a campaign ad
"A California health care CEO is promising to reduce our prescription drug costs."
Mostly False
By Manuela Tobias • October 13, 2017
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