Claim(permalink)
Legal prescription drugs "statistically kill 100,000 people a year, (but) there are no documented deaths due to marijuana."
✓politifact rating: uncertain; published on 2016-08-16
Factors
veracity
uncertain
Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2016-08-16
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