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Patrick Kennedy

Patrick Kennedy

Patrick Kennedy is a former Democratic congressman from Rhode Island. He served from 1995 to 2011, opting not to seek re-election in 2010 following the death of his father, Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy.

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Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on April 17, 2018 an editorial:
Marijuana and THC "have caused emergency room visits to skyrocket."
Half-True
By Katie Akin • July 6, 2018
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on January 21, 2014 an interview with MSNBC:
Marijuana today is "genetically modified," with THC levels that "far surpass the marijuana" of the 1970s.
Mostly True
By Steve Contorno • January 24, 2014
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on January 8, 2013 news story:
"Eighty percent of those who have applied for licenses have no cancer, no Parkinson's disease or glaucoma. They have nothing you would associate [with] the use of medical marijuana."
Half-True
By Michael McKinney • February 3, 2013
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on July 13, 2012 a radio interview:
"The largest number of bankruptcies in our country are really as a result of health care."
Half-True
By Edward Fitzpatrick • July 29, 2012
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
stated on October 27, 2009 a speech on the House floor. :
"One-third of the health care dollar goes to no such thing as health care; it goes to the insurance companies."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • October 30, 2009
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