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Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2023 in a Facebook post Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles. Instagram posts stated on July 11, 2023 in an Instagram post Video of Hunter Biden at the White House was taken on the “same day they found cocaine.” TikTok posts stated on July 9, 2023 in a TikTok The Associated Press reported that cameras show a TikTok influencer leaving a bag of cocaine in the West Wing of the White House. Instagram posts stated on June 5, 2023 in an Instagram post “Hundreds of thousands of innocent people died” from taking the drug azidothymidine, or AZT. Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2023 in a Facebook post The U.S. "takes 87% of all the prescription medications in the world." Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” "We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country." Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2023 in a Facebook post “When fentanyl burns it smells like popcorn.” Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook Este video enseña “las primera palabras” de Gustavo Petro junto a Joe Biden. Paul Tonko stated on March 20, 2023 in a press release “Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.” Greg Abbott stated on April 5, 2023 in a tweet “Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.” Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2023 in un post de Facebook “La mayor parte” del fentanilo que llega a los puertos de Estados Unidos viene desde Canadá. Charles Schumer stated on March 10, 2023 in a news release Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program. Kayleigh McEnany stated on February 7, 2023 in a Facebook post "Joe Biden's wide open southern border" is to blame for fentanyl deaths in the U.S. Mark Obenshain stated on January 31, 2023 in a floor speech. “You know how many children are dying across Virginia because of fentanyl poisoning? A heck of a lot more than are dying at the hands of guns.” Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2023 in a campaign website As president, Donald Trump “marshaled the full power of government to stop deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl from coming into our country. As a result, drug overdose deaths declined nationwide for the first time in nearly 30 years." J.D. Vance stated on October 26, 2022 in a tweet Rep. Tim Ryan “wanted to decriminalize fentanyl.” Club for Growth stated on October 5, 2022 in an ad As attorney general, Catherine Cortez Masto “opposed tougher laws on methamphetamine dealers.” West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet “Overdoses reached an all-time high in 2021.” Newt Gingrich stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet “More fentanyl has crossed the border in the last two months under Biden than in 2019 under Trump.” Load more
Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2023 in a Facebook post Two pipeline workers in the Chicago area were given fentanyl-laced water bottles.
Instagram posts stated on July 11, 2023 in an Instagram post Video of Hunter Biden at the White House was taken on the “same day they found cocaine.”
TikTok posts stated on July 9, 2023 in a TikTok The Associated Press reported that cameras show a TikTok influencer leaving a bag of cocaine in the West Wing of the White House.
Instagram posts stated on June 5, 2023 in an Instagram post “Hundreds of thousands of innocent people died” from taking the drug azidothymidine, or AZT.
Facebook posts stated on May 24, 2023 in a Facebook post The U.S. "takes 87% of all the prescription medications in the world."
Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2023 in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” "We pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs, in some cases 10 times more than the people of any other country."
Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2023 in a Facebook post “When fentanyl burns it smells like popcorn.”
Facebook posts stated on April 21, 2023 in una publicación en Facebook Este video enseña “las primera palabras” de Gustavo Petro junto a Joe Biden.
Paul Tonko stated on March 20, 2023 in a press release “Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.”
Greg Abbott stated on April 5, 2023 in a tweet “Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for Americans 18-45.”
Facebook posts stated on March 23, 2023 in un post de Facebook “La mayor parte” del fentanilo que llega a los puertos de Estados Unidos viene desde Canadá.
Charles Schumer stated on March 10, 2023 in a news release Sullivan County “has the highest opioid death rate in all of New York state” yet “it’s the only county in the Hudson Valley not included in the federal High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area” program.
Kayleigh McEnany stated on February 7, 2023 in a Facebook post "Joe Biden's wide open southern border" is to blame for fentanyl deaths in the U.S.
Mark Obenshain stated on January 31, 2023 in a floor speech. “You know how many children are dying across Virginia because of fentanyl poisoning? A heck of a lot more than are dying at the hands of guns.”
Donald Trump stated on January 6, 2023 in a campaign website As president, Donald Trump “marshaled the full power of government to stop deadly drugs, opioids, and fentanyl from coming into our country. As a result, drug overdose deaths declined nationwide for the first time in nearly 30 years."
Club for Growth stated on October 5, 2022 in an ad As attorney general, Catherine Cortez Masto “opposed tougher laws on methamphetamine dealers.”
West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet “Overdoses reached an all-time high in 2021.”
Newt Gingrich stated on September 29, 2022 in On Fox News Pennsylvania Senate candidate John Fetterman’s tattoo references ‘heroin use’ and the Crips
West Virginia Republican Party stated on August 23, 2022 in a tweet “More fentanyl has crossed the border in the last two months under Biden than in 2019 under Trump.”
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