The Poynter Institute
Menu
Donate
State Editions
California
Florida
Iowa
Michigan
New Hampshire
New York
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Texas
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Issues
All Issues
Online hoaxes
Coronavirus
Health Care
Immigration
Extremism
Taxes
Marijuana
Environment
Crime
Guns
Foreign Policy
LGBTQ+
People
Donald Trump
JD Vance
Mitch McConnell
Mike Johnson
Joe Biden
Media
PunditFact
Tucker Carlson
Sean Hannity
Rachel Maddow
Bloggers
PolitiFact Videos
Campaigns
2024 Elections
Truth-o-Meter
True
Mostly True
Half True
Mostly False
False
Pants on Fire
Promises
MAGA-Meter
Biden Promise Tracker
Trump-O-Meter
Obameter
Latest Promises
About Us
Our Process
Our Staff
En Español
Who pays for PolitiFact?
Advertise with Us
Suggest a Fact-check
Corrections and Updates
Newsletters
Donate
Follow us
The Facts Newsletter
Sign up
English
Español
Get PolitiFact in your inbox.
Weekly Email Newsletter
Daily Email Newsletter
Your Email Address
Sign Up
Viral image
stated on April 20, 2017 in :
"After prohibition ended, police deaths didn't reach 200 a year again until the year Nixon declared war on drugs."
By Will Doran
•
April 24, 2017
Brad Schimel
stated on March 12, 2017 in :
In America, "more people die from" prescription narcotic painkillers "than from heroin and cocaine combined."
By Dave Umhoefer
•
April 19, 2017
Greg Murphy
stated on April 10, 2017 in :
"Every day, four North Carolinians die from a medication or drug overdose."
By Will Doran
•
April 13, 2017
Ted Yoho
stated on March 28, 2017 in :
"Afghanistan has more hectares (of opium poppies) planted today than they had before we started this war."
By Jon Greenberg
•
April 4, 2017
Chris Sununu
stated on October 06, 2016 in :
Says drug dealers have "overdosed on purpose" to avoid prosecution.
By Ella Nilsen
•
October 28, 2016
Previous
Next
←
Return to all search results for "opioid"
