Claim(permalink)
"At the end of 2016, there were 23 percent fewer federal prosecutions than in 2011, so (prosecutors) looked at this scourge (opioid deaths) and they let it go by."
✓politifact rating: uncertain; published on 2017-08-09
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veracity
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Political Leaning
left political leaning
Sentiment
neutral sentiment
Date published
2017-08-09
Entities
MarsCriminal justiceOpioid overdoseJames VI and IOpioid use disorderCriminologyOpioid epidemicOpioid epidemic in the United StatesSurgeon General of the United StatesDrug overdoseFact-checkingNonviolenceUnited States Deputy Attorney GeneralFederal government of the United StatesRAND CorporationPolitiFactDuke UniversityAmy PondYale UniversityCornell UniversityDisgraceMarylandOpioidUnited States Department of JusticeDemocracyHeroinFentanylFake newsUnited States Attorney GeneralVox MediaPresidency of Donald TrumpGeneral officerPresidency of Barack ObamaCannabisCenters for Disease Control and PreventionNew York CityHillary ClintonPresident of the United StatesDonald TrumpScienceDailyOperations researchBrandeis UniversityWilliam Tecumseh ShermanAndrew W. Mellon FoundationMandatory sentencingCriminal procedurePBS NewsHourCarnegie Corporation of New YorkPew Research Center