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Latest Fact-Checks In Marijuana

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Melissa Agard
stated on April 11, 2022 in Twitter:
Cannabis reform “is supported by the majority of the residents of our state, including a majority of Republicans.”
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By D.L. Davis • April 29, 2022
Barbara Dittrich
stated on February 16, 2021 in Column:
“Pot today is not the weed baby boomers were smoking.”
True
By Haley BeMiller • March 19, 2021
Chris Kapenga
stated on February 10, 2021 in 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…
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By Haley BeMiller • March 5, 2021
Kirsten Gillibrand
stated on April 20, 2018 in a tweet:
“Black and Latino people in NYC are arrested at TEN times the rate of white people for virtually the same rate of marijuana usage.”
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By Dan Clark • April 25, 2018
John Chiang
stated on March 29, 2018 in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions:
“A majority of Americans now live in states where they have decided to legalize cannabis,” including recreational and medical marijuana.
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By Chris Nichols • April 20, 2018
Gavin Newsom
stated on February 24, 2017 in a letter:
During his campaign for president, Donald Trump “committed to honoring states’ rights when it comes to marijuana legalization.”
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By Chris Nichols • February 28, 2017
Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
stated on October 14, 2016 in a political advertisement:
Department of Veterans Affairs doctors “are prohibited from recommending medical marijuana.”
True
By Anthony Cave • October 26, 2016
Gary Johnson
stated on August 5, 2016 in a Medium post:
“Most Americans support” the legalization of marijuana.
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2016
William Devereaux
stated on May 10, 2016 in a legislative hearing :
“You can import as many hemp products into this country as you want…but we can’t grow it.”  
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By Jacqueline Tempera • May 22, 2016
Mason Tvert
stated on October 27, 2015 in a news release:
“Most Americans are ready to put it [marijuana prohibition] behind us and move on.”    
True
By Mark Reynolds • November 8, 2015
Susan Shapiro
stated on January 15, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:
“The 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health found that up to half of daily marijuana smokers become addicted — an estimated 2.7 million…
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By Katie Mulvaney • February 9, 2015
James Aubin
stated on January 5, 2015 in a newspaper commentary:
“Colorado raked in $60 million in marijuana taxes and licensing fees in the past year.”
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By Katie Mulvaney • January 11, 2015
Allen Peake
stated on December 3, 2014 in a press conference at the Georgia State Capitol:
Unlike marijuana, medical cannabis oil cannot get you high.
True
By April Hunt • December 9, 2014
Diego Arene-Morley
stated on November 18, 2014 in a community forum:
“There are more African American men in prison, jail, on probation or parole than were enslaved in 1850.”
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By Katie Mulvaney • December 7, 2014
Earl Blumenauer
stated on May 15, 2014 in a website statement:
“Marijuana is less addictive than both alcohol and tobacco.”
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By Dana Tims • June 4, 2014
Heidi Heilman
stated on March 13, 2014 in a commentary in The Providence Journal:
“Today’s marijuana is 300 percent to 800 percent more potent than the pot of yesteryear.”
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By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • March 30, 2014
NAACP
stated on March 3, 2014 in a news release:
In the U.S., “African-Americans continue to be arrested at nearly three and one half times the rate of whites” on marijuana charges.
True
By John Hill • March 16, 2014
Pam Bondi
stated on October 24, 2013 in an initial brief to the Florida Supreme Court:
“Whether the Amendment passes or not, the medical use of marijuana is a federal criminal offense.”
True
By Joshua Gillin • December 17, 2013
Suzanne Bonamici
stated on January 10, 2012 in a debate:
Federal law prohibits the growing of industrial hemp in the United States.
True
By Janie Har • January 14, 2012
Nicholas Scutari
stated on July 27, 2011 in in a NJToday interview:
“Certainly we’re going to be the most restrictive state in the land … in terms of who can get medical marijuana, how it will be…
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By Erin O'Neill • August 14, 2011
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