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Eric Schmitt stated on November 25, 2019 in a roundtable:
"You have literally 140 people dying every day of opioid-related overdoses."
By Madison Czopek• December 31, 2019
Nate McMurray stated on August 18, 2018 in a statement on his campaign website:
"Evidence is mounting that marijuana legalization reduces opioid addiction numbers."
By Jill Terreri Ramos• August 31, 2018
Eric Schneiderman stated on September 19, 2017 in an announcement:
Some states hit hardest by opioid deaths "have more opioid prescriptions than residents."
By Dan Clark• October 2, 2017
Shelley Moore Capito stated on January 22, 2019 in a tweet:
"Thanks to successful federal, state, and local efforts, preliminary statistics show opioid overdose deaths are down 8.5% in West Virginia."
By Mylana Chico, Rebecca Jerome• February 22, 2019
Tammy Baldwin stated on January 21, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
“Wisconsin had over 1,400 opioid overdose deaths in 2022.”
By Laura Schulte• February 6, 2024
Joe Biden stated on April 11, 2019 in a panel at the University of Pennsylvania:
"People show up in the emergency room with a sprained ankle, 25 percent get an opioid prescription."
By Amy Sherman• April 16, 2019
Claire McCaskill stated on November 22, 2017 in a press release:
"Fentanyl is now killing more Americans than heroin or any other opioid."
By Tateanna McCaskill• December 22, 2017
Lyle Larson stated on November 12, 2020 in a tweet:
Says there’s “up to 75% reduction in opioid dosage for medical cannabis users.”
By Brandon Mulder• November 20, 2020
Sherrod Brown stated on April 09, 2018 in 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."
By Amy Sherman• April 20, 2018
Josh Stein stated on August 03, 2021 in a Council of State meeting:
“More people have died of an opioid overdose in North Carolina in recent years than have died of COVID.”
By Paul Specht• August 6, 2021
Donald Trump stated on May 29, 2018 in 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."  
By Jon Greenberg• May 31, 2018
Matt Gaetz stated on October 17, 2017 in a tweet:
"Opioid crisis (is) the worst in ObamaCare expansion states!"  
By Allison Graves• October 23, 2017
Claire McCaskill stated on March 28, 2017 in a tweet:
"We have 5 percent of world population. 80 percent of opioids."
By Gary Garrison• May 10, 2017
Richard Cordray stated on June 04, 2018 in 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."
By Amy Sherman• June 12, 2018
Ron DeSantis stated on June 02, 2018 in 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."  
By Allison Graves• June 7, 2018
Catherine Cortez Masto stated on August 18, 2022 in an ad:
Adam Laxalt took “campaign cash” from drug companies “and used his office to block local attempts at holding one of the worst offenders accountable.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 23, 2022
Ann Coulter stated on January 30, 2018 in a tweet:
"100% of heroin/fentanyl epidemic is because we don't have a WALL."
By Paul Specht• February 2, 2018
Brad Schimel stated on August 15, 2014 in an interview:
Heroin and prescription opioids are "the number one cause of accidental or preventable death in Wisconsin."
By Tom Kertscher• August 27, 2014
Senate Majority PAC stated on July 13, 2020 in a TV ad:
Says Susan Collins "voted against accountability for opioid makers” and denied taking campaign money from a family who made its wealth selling OxyContin.
By Tom Kertscher• August 14, 2020
Richard Ojeda stated on October 24, 2018 in a video posted to Facebook:
"We have lost more lives in the last two years" due to opioids "than all of the lives lost during the Vietnam War."
By Douglas Soule• November 15, 2018

Articles (77)

What HHS Secretary Tom Price said about opioid addiction treatment

By Miriam Valverde• May 26, 2017

Opioid epidemic shifts from prescription painkillers to street drugs

By Jon Greenberg• October 14, 2019

Donald Trump declares public health emergency over opioid crisis. Here’s what that means

By Miriam Valverde• October 30, 2017

What we know about opioids, declared by Trump as a public health emergency

By Tom Kertscher• October 26, 2017

Is fentanyl the leading cause of death among American adults?

By Nusaiba Mizan• October 3, 2022

A closer look at Patrick Morrisey's family ties to 'big pharma'

By Louis Jacobson• March 27, 2018

Will a border wall stop drugs from coming into the United States?

By Miriam Valverde• October 26, 2017

PolitiFact fact-checks West Virginia's GOP Senate primary

By Louis Jacobson• May 7, 2018

What are fentanyl patches? Does Narcan work for fentanyl overdoses? Here's what to know

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 8, 2023

In Maine Senate race, the candidates get personal, and even their husbands are targets for attacks

By Tom Kertscher• October 30, 2020

Did Cabell County, W.Va., cut overdoses by 40 percent?

By Catherine Harrington, Madison Weaver• March 19, 2019

Fentanyl deaths are up, but GOP ads mislead by blaming ‘open borders,’ migrants crossing illegally

By Tom Kertscher• October 28, 2022

Common myths about fentanyl debunked: No, you can’t accidentally overdose by touching fentanyl

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 4, 2023

The top 10 storylines of the 2018 midterms

By Angie Drobnic Holan• October 31, 2018

Checking claims in Iowa Gov. Reynolds’ sixth Condition of the State address

By Emily Delgado, Liam Halawith, Sabine Martin, Lauren White• January 12, 2023

Health care stayed front and center at Democratic debate

By Emmarie Huetteman• October 16, 2019

Desmintiendo mitos sobre el fentanilo: No, no va tener una sobredosis por tan solo tocar fentanilo

By Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 4, 2023

End of COVID-19 emergency will usher in health system changes

By Rachana Pradhan• March 23, 2023

Live fact-checking President Donald Trump's immigration address

By Jon Greenberg, Amy Sherman, Manuela Tobias, Miriam Valverde• January 9, 2019

Fact-checking Elizabeth Warren in Derry, New Hampshire

By Jon Greenberg, Miriam Valverde• February 7, 2020