Starting in 2025 "no matter what your total bills are for prescription drugs,” Medicare Part D users will never pay “more than $2,000 a year, because some of these cancer drugs are 10(,000 to) 15,000 bucks a year.”
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PolitiFact→ Tammy Baldwin – Yes, many Wisconsin police agencies have two officers present during the analysis of drugs
“We’re facing situations these days where you have to have two officers in the evidence room in case there’s an accidental (fentanyl) exposure.”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Chemotherapy Drugs Are NOT ‘100% Mustard Gas’
Do chemotherapy drugs consist of "100% mustard gas," as a post on Instagram claimed? No, that's not true: The National Cancer Institute told Lead Stories that its records do not indicate any forms of chemotherapy drugs are known to contai
The Dispatch→ Recent Attempts to Lower the Cost of Prescription Drugs, Explained
Federal and state governments, along with private enterprises, are all trying to deliver prescriptions at lower prices to consumers.
Logically→ Video from Bihar shared as minors ‘consuming drugs’ in Andhra Pradesh
Health Feedback→ Misuse of drug tests on energy drinks like Red Bull produces false positives; doesn’t demonstrate these drinks contain cocaine and other drugs
REVIEW In November 2023, a TikTok video with more than 13 million views claimed that an energy drink contained illicit drugs. Clips of the video also circulated on Facebook, where they received over 300,000 views. The video showed two people using a
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: T-Square Drug Test Does NOT Prove Red Bull Contains Drugs Cocaine And Suboxone
Does a video of a non-laboratory test using the T-Square brand oral fluid drug test prove that Red Bull energy drink contains the drugs buprenorphine and cocaine? No, that's not true: There is no way to confirm that the people featured in
PolitiFact→ Viral image – Singer Kelly Clarkson keeps appearing in videos promoting diet drugs, but they’re fake
Videos show singer Kelly Clarkson promoting diet products.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Video Does NOT Show ‘Lead Advisor To The World Economic Forum’ Revealing Plan To Hook ‘Useless People’ On Drugs And Video Games In 2023
Did a video on social media capture "the lead advisor to the World Economic Forum" advocating for making "useless people" addicted to drugs and video games? No, that's not true: The recording showed a pre-pandemic discussion about the soc
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence Gates Foundation ‘Insider’ Admits Depopulation Drugs Are Pumped Into Fast Food Meals
Did a Gates Foundation "insider" say that depopulation drugs had been injected into U.S. fast food to sterilize most of the world? No, that's not true: The People's Voice, the website that made this claim, provided no proof that someone a
PolitiFact→ Fact-checking Ron DeSantis in New Hampshire on education, economy and drugs
We fact-checked GOP presidential primary candidate Ron DeSantis’ “Politics & Eggs” speech in New Hampshire and found some of his claims about education, taxes and the economy need more context.
PolitiFact→ Gwen Moore – Moore’s claim seniors are paying “no more than 35 cents” for prescription drugs is off base
Thanks to negotiating drug prices "our seniors, instead of paying $500 a month for drugs, are paying no more than 35 cents."
The Dispatch→ Beware the Hype Over Two New Alzheimer’s Drugs
They could cost taxpayers billions while potentially delivering few benefits. Continue reading Beware the Hype Over Two New Alzheimer’s Drugs »
Full Fact→ The UK is not being flooded with contaminated drugs
Former nurse and campaigner Kate Shemirani has wrongly claimed that contaminated drugs are “flooding the UK” and prescription medication is one of the top three causes of death.
Poynter→ Do rising fentanyl seizures at the border signal better detection or more drugs?
Experts say seizure data can definitively tell us only how many drugs were stopped from entering the US. Any other information is theoretical.
Health Feedback→ Clinical trials show no association between the use of cholesterol-lowering drugs and Alzheimer’s or memory loss
REVIEW A Facebook reel claiming “Drs. Cause Alzheimers [sic]” went viral in mid-March 2023, receiving more than 113,000 views. The video featured a speech by veterinarian and naturopath Joel Wallach, who claimed that Alzheimer’s is a new disea
PolitiFact→ Ask PolitiFact: Do rising fentanyl seizures at the border signal better detection or more drugs?
Does an increase in fentanyl seizures signal that more drugs are flowing into the U.S. or that law enforcement is stopping more of it from coming in? Experts say it’s impossible to know for sure, but some theories can be drawn.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs Do NOT Cause Alzheimer’s
Do cholesterol-lowering drugs, also known as statins, cause Alzheimer's disease (AD)? No, that's not true: A neurologist told Lead Stories there is no truth to this claim and such statements "are not based on any scientific data or valid
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: David DePape Did NOT Go To Pelosi House For Gay Sex Or Drugs But To Kidnap House Speaker
Did David DePape go to the Pelosi house for gay sex and drugs? No, that's not true. FBI charging documents for David DePape state that he told investigators he wanted to hold House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "hostage" and "break her kneecaps" w
PolitiFact→ Newt Gingrich – PA’s Fetterman said his tattoos memorialize lives taken in violence and don’t refer to drugs or gang
Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips
PolitiFact→ National Republican Senatorial Committee – Democratic bill didn’t 'slash' Medicare spending. It would get the same drugs, cheaper
Sen. Raphael Warnock "voted with Biden to slash Medicare spending.”
Snopes→ Found: Alligator, Drugs, Guns, Money. But Where’s the Tiger?
New Mexico wildlife officials said they are still searching for a young tiger they believe is being illegally kept as a pet.
Snopes→ Finnish PM: No Drugs, Just Lots of Dancing at ‘Wild’ Party
Finland’s prime minister says she did nothing wrong when letting her hair down and partying with friends.
Snopes→ Russian Media: Griner Pleads Guilty in Russia Drugs Trial
Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty to drug possession and smuggling during her trial in Moscow but said she had no intention of committing a crime.
Logically→ Plan B drugs can cause abortion or miscarriage.
Snopes→ ‘Say Sliders to Drugs’? Real Sign Mocks Fake TMNT Meme
What, exactly, should I be saying to drugs?
Washington Post→ Ad targeting Manchin on prescription drugs uses misleading math
The 60 Plus Association claims the West Virginia Democrat wants to strip $300 billion from Medicare. A lot of that is Washington funny money.
Logically→ A video showed the presence of drugs on the desk of Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
There is no substantial proof to confirm the presence of drugs on Zelenskyy's desk in the video.
Logically→ A video shows Muslim men injecting drugs for infertility in Jackfruits.
A video of men injecting chemicals into jackfruits has been circulating with different narratives since 2018.
PolitiFact→ Mary Miller – Rep. Mary Miller says White House is encouraging kids to take "castration" drugs, undergo surgeries
The Biden Administration is engaging in extreme ‘woke’ politics by encouraging children to take chemical castration drugs and undergo surgeries, and they are lying to children by telling them puberty blockers are "reversible."
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: More Than 3 Nobel Prizes HAVE Been Awarded For Drugs That Significantly Impact Human Lives
Have only three drugs "ever been subject to the Nobel Prize because of their impact on human lives"? No, that's not true: At least four Nobel Prizes have been awarded to scientists for inventing drugs that have had a "significant impact o
Snopes→ WHO ‘Strongly Recommends’ 2 New Drugs to Treat Severe COVID-19
One of the drug types is commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
Full Fact→ The FDA recalls drugs for a wide range of reasons
A Facebook post claims that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recalled 12,787 drugs and that “1,270 drugs every year that were formerly approved get recalled because they were subsequently deemed unsuitable. These drugs were pre teste
Washington Post→ Democratic ad claims Cortez Masto helped ‘lower costs’ for prescription drugs
The Majority Forward ad conflates two separate bills anchoring Biden’s agenda: a bipartisan infrastructure law that has passed and a Democratic spending bill that hasn't.
Truth or Fiction?→ ‘Don’t Do Drugs’ Pencil
On November 22 2021, Imgur user CeleryMan7 shared a meme about a “don’t do drugs pencil” and its purported recall in the 1990s: At the top of the image was text reading “These pencils that recalled in the 1990s for obvious reas
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, President Biden won’t slap a 95% tax on prescription drugs
President Joe Biden will “control health care costs by slapping a 95% tax on prescription drugs.”
Snopes→ Did Ninja Turtles Anti-Drug Campaign Urge ‘Say Pizza to Drugs’?
The original sign wasn't that much more clear.
Logically→ The quality of FDA-approved drugs is not scientifically evaluated.
The FDA follows a strict approval process and evaluates all clinical data related to a drug's safety and efficacy before approving it for public use.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: The NIH Does NOT Conduct All Testing Of New Drugs And Dr. Fauci’s Wife Does NOT Control Drug Approval
Does the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) hand over all its testing of new drugs to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and does that put Dr. Anthony Fauci's wife, NIH chief of bioethics Christine Grady, in a position to somehow
Logically→ Portugal has shown that decriminalizing drugs is effective in tackling addiction problems and drug-related crime.
While some aspects of the effects of decriminalization have been contested, it has nonetheless led to a drop in drug related deaths and offences.