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Latest Fact-Checks In Marijuana

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Vote No on 3
stated on September 7, 2024 in a TV ad:
Florida’s Amendment 3 is “the monopoly amendment.”
False
By Samantha Putterman • September 27, 2024
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stated on October 7, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Reuters reported that Nancy Pelosi bought 10 million shares of cannabis stock.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • November 3, 2022
Julie Mayfield
stated on June 2, 2022 in a speech:
“A quarter of the entire acreage in the country that is under hemp production is here in North Carolina.”
False
By Paul Specht • June 13, 2022
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stated on July 6, 2021 in an Instagram post:
Says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez compared smoking marijuana and transgender women in the Olympics.
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 9, 2021
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stated on December 15, 2019 in a Facebook post:
An old image shows a drug store with a marijuana leaf sign.
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By Samantha Putterman • December 18, 2019
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stated on May 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:
“Nearly every state that has legalized (marijuana) has also legislated that you lose your right to own a gun if you are prescribed, or buy…
False
By Ciara O'Rourke • July 9, 2019
David Crowley
stated on February 24, 2019 in a TV interview:
”Over 40 percent of African-American men in (Milwaukee County) have been going to prison for low-level drug offenses, and I think a hundred times that…
False
By D.L. Davis • March 19, 2019
Andrew Cuomo
stated on April 11, 2018 in a conversation with reporters:
“I think we’re actually ahead” on legalizing marijuana for recreational use in New York state.
False
By Dan Clark • April 17, 2018
Alex Jones
stated on April 20, 2017 in a court hearing:
Says police officers smoke marijuana once a year as part of their jobs.
False
By Joshua Gillin • May 5, 2017
Kathleen Sullivan
stated on April 29, 2015 in testimony before the House Judiciary Committee:
“The proportion of Rhode Islanders entering substance abuse treatment primarily due to marijuana use has reached its highest point in 20 years.”
False
By Mark Reynolds • May 17, 2015
Nancy Denuccio
stated on March 6, 2015 in a TV interview:
“We’ve seen the increase of alcohol use for underage kids even though alcohol has been illegal … for kids under 21.”
False
By Katie Mulvaney • March 13, 2015
New Approach Oregon
stated on June 26, 2014 in a website statement:
 In Oregon, 12,808 people were arrested for marijuana-related crimes in 2012.
False
By Ian K. Kullgren • July 18, 2014
Brian Kilmeade
stated on January 21, 2014 in a broadcast of "Fox and Friends":
Says Colorado food stamp recipients can use ATMs to get cash to buy marijuana.
False
By Jon Greenberg • January 24, 2014
Facebook posts
stated on January 16, 2014 in a graphic on the Internet:
“In 1916, the U.S. government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees would need to be…
False
By Louis Jacobson • January 17, 2014
Bill O'Reilly
stated on December 9, 2013 in a broadcast of the "O'Reilly Factor":
“The ‘Denver Post’ has actually hired an editor to promote pot.”
False
By Jon Greenberg • December 12, 2013
John Morgan
stated on September 22, 2013 in Bay News 9 show, “Political Connections” :
“Nobody’s addicted to” marijuana.
False
By Rochelle Koff • October 8, 2013
Edith Ajello
stated on February 6, 2013 in an interview with The Providence Journal:
“Lots of studies seem to indicate that minors find it very easy to get marijuana, easier than to get alcohol.”
False
By Michael McKinney • February 16, 2013
Protect Families First
stated on January 10, 2013 in a news release:
“The average age of first marijuana use is 12.”
False
By Michael McKinney • January 20, 2013
Joseph "Joe" Deshotel
stated on November 13, 2012 in a press release.:
“There is no evidence that poor people abuse drugs more frequently than any other socio-economic group.”  
False
By W. Gardner Selby • November 26, 2012
John G. Edwards
stated on June 5, 2012 in a debate on the House floor:
Decriminalizing marijuana “will save the state anywhere from $4 (million) to $11 million dollars.”
False
By Tom Mooney • June 17, 2012
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