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Claim: CNN published an article claiming Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy made "several unproven claims" in his impeachment inquiry announcement. (CNN, 2023-09-13)
Evidence (2023-09-16): House Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks to reporters at the Capitol on September 14, 2023, about launching an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden. J. Scott Applewhite/AP "Sentence first—verdict afterwards." So declared the Queen of Hearts during the trial of the Knave of Hearts (for allegedly stealing tarts) in Alice in Wonderland. This approach, which Lewis Carroll meant to symbolize the height of absurdism, seems an apt description of how the House Republicans are proceeding with an impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden. [...] Not to pick on the New York Times—but why not, since everyone does. When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced on Tuesday that he was initiating an impeachment inquiry of Biden without a House vote, the Times covered his declaration on the front-page. The headline blared, "McCarthy Opens Inquiry of Biden, Appeasing Right." In the opening paragraphs, the article focused on the internal GOP politics, reporting that McCarthy was doing this to appease far-right lawmakers and "quell a brewing rebellion among ultraconservative critics."
Claim: CNN published an article claiming Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy made "several unproven claims" in his impeachment inquiry announcement. (CNN, 2023-09-13)
Evidence (2024-09-27): - ^ Otten, Tori (September 12, 2023). "McCarthy Launches Biden Impeachment Inquiry—With Zero Evidence". The New Republic. Retrieved January 29, 2024. [...] - ^ Dale, Daniel; Cohen, Marshall; Grayer, Annie (September 28, 2023). "Fact check: Republicans make false, misleading claims at first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing". Retrieved June 6, 2024. [...] - ^ Hughes, Siobhan; Ferek, Katy Stech (September 12, 2023). "House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Launches Formal Biden Impeachment Inquiry". The Wall Street Journal.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2023-08-01): This statistic is accurate. A report from the National Institutes of Health verifies the number, which a spokesperson for Scott provided in an email to Check Your Fact.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2021-11-17): Synthetic opioids like fentanyl – a painkiller 50-100 times more potent than morphine – accounted for the bulk of those drug overdose deaths: around 64,000. [...] Enough fentanyl to kill 333 million people. Read this line from CNN’s report: The US government has seized enough fentanyl this year to give every American a lethal dose, Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram said Wednesday at a White House press briefing, calling the overdose epidemic in the US "a national crisis" that "knows no geographical boundaries, and it continues to get worse." [...] - There’s the 11-month-old baby left unsupervised in North Carolina who died from a fentanyl overdose. Her mother and grandmother are facing charges. (While searching on Google for specific cases of fentanyl deaths, I saw reports on a lot of toddlers eating their parents’ pills: A 15-month old’s father charged in his overdose death in Southern California. A mother of a 1-year-old in Alabama arrested after the child overdosed.)
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2023-05-03): Fentanyl overdose death rates 'more than tripled' in recent years, CDC report shows The rate of fatal overdoses involving fentanyl skyrocketed in the U.S. between 2016 and 2021, new data show. The rate of drug overdose deaths involving the synthetic opioid fentanyl increased by 279% in the U.S. between 2016 and 2021, according to newly released data.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2023-12-28): When the history of the fentanyl crisis is written, 2023 may be remembered as the year Americans woke up to an unprecedented threat scouring communities - and a deepening cultural divide over what to do about it. [...] Public health experts say fentanyl, a synthetic opioid far more powerful than heroin, is responsible for the majority of drug deaths. But the supply of illegal drugs is increasingly complex and perilous. [...] "We've had more Americans die of fentanyl than the Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam wars, combined," said Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor who is now seeking the GOP presidential nomination, speaking to voters in New Hampshire on Dec. 14.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2022-03-16): Annual drug overdose deaths have reached another record high in the United States as deaths from fentanyl and other synthetic opioids surge to unprecedented levels. [...] Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids have had a rapid and dramatic rise; overdose deaths involving these drugs have nearly doubled over the past two years, from about 35,000 deaths in the 12-month period ending October 2019 to more than 69,000 in October 2021. "Fentanyl, even at very, very small quantities, is lethal for most people," said Katherine Keyes, an associate professor at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health whose research focuses on psychiatric and substance use epidemiology. "It’s just an incredibly potent opioid."
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2024-10-03): The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has data on drug overdose death rates and totals. Around 1,106,900 US residents died from drug overdoses from 1968 to 2020. Around 932,400 died from 1999 through 2020. Around 93,700 died in 2020. Opioids were involved in around 80,400 of the around 109,200 deaths in 2021. Synthetic opioids other than methadone (primarily fentanyl) were involved with 70,601 deaths in 2021. Around 111,000 people died in 2022. Around 108,300 in 2023.[4][5][6][1][2] [...] Opioid charts [edit]Opioids were involved in around 80,400 of the around 106,700 deaths in 2021.[7] See map higher up for states with the highest overdose death rates. Rate timeline by race and ethnicity [edit]Rate timeline by sex [edit]Comparisons to other countries in Europe [edit]There were around 68,700 drug overdose deaths in the United States in 2018. That is a rate of 210 deaths per million residents.[4][5] Compare that rate to the 2018 rates of the European countries in the first chart below.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2024-10-02): In 2017, around 70,200 Americans died from drug overdose. 28,466 deaths were associated with synthetic opioids such as fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, 15,482 were associated with heroin use, 17,029 with prescription opioids (including methadone), 13,942 with cocaine use, and 10,333 with psychostimulants (including methamphetamine).[90] In 2021, there was an increase in overdose deaths; more than 106,000 drug-related overdoses occurred, including deaths caused by both illegal and prescribed opioids. Of this, 70,601 deaths were caused by synthetic opioids primarily fentanyl. Additionally, 32,537 overdose deaths involved stimulants like cocaine or psychostimulants with abuse potential (primarily methamphetamine).[91] [...] In 2016, federal legislation loosened the de minimis exemption, which permitted parcels under $800 in value to enter the country duty-free with minimal inspection. The change in the de minimis eligibility led to the rapid growth in parcels coming from China, including those containing fentanyl.[139] Deaths from fentanyl in 2016 increased by 540 percent across the United States since 2015.[140] This accounts for almost "all the increase in drug overdose deaths from 2015 to 2016", according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.[76] Readily available fentanyl killed 70,000 people in 2021 alone.[20]
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2024-08-30): Over the past 10 years, the United States has seen a dramatic surge in drug overdose deaths, an increase almost entirely fueled by the rise of synthetic opioids such as fentanyl. According to preliminary data published by the CDC, just under 110,000 drug overdose deaths were recorded in the U.S. last year, with synthetic opioids involved in 75,000 (70 percent) of those deaths. To put this in perspective, the U.S. lost 58,220 people in the Vietnam War, meaning that fentanyl and similar drugs are now taking more American lives each year than that war did in more than a decade. Fentanyl is up to 50 times more potent than heroin and, due to its low price, it is often used to lace other drugs, which makes it especially dangerous. According to the CDC’s latest data, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl were involved in more than two out of three overdose deaths last year, and significantly more than that among young people. Earlier this year, the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) released its findings regarding the CCP’s role in the U.S. fentanyl crisis. While it has long been established that China is by far the largest source of fentanyl precursors, the investigation set out to answer the question of whether the Chinese government, known for its highly sophisticated surveillance system, is simply turning a blind eye or whether it is actively encouraging the production and illicit trade of the drug that has wreaked havoc in the United States over the past decade.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2024-05-28): Fentanyl deaths have risen over the last decade, with nearly 24 times more deaths in 2022 than 2013, and approximately 73,838 deaths in 2022 alone. [...] 2022’s fentanyl overdose rates varied widely by race, with Black people or African Americans experiencing rates at 33.7 deaths per 100,000 people — nearly 50% higher than the national average. Despite representing 13.6% of the US population, Black Americans made up 21.2% of fentanyl deaths. [...] In 1999, fentanyl overdoses resulted in 730 deaths. This figure rose to 2,946 in 2009 and 36,359 in 2019. The CDC recorded approximately 73,838 fentanyl overdose deaths in 2022, or nearly 102 times the deaths in 1999.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2024-05-14): U.S. Overdose Deaths Decrease in 2023, First Time Since 2018 [...] Provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate there were an estimated 107,543 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2023—a decrease of 3% from the 111,029 deaths estimated in 2022. This is the first annual decrease in drug overdose deaths since 2018. [...] The new data show overdose deaths involving opioids decreased from an estimated 84,181 in 2022 to 81,083 in 2023. While overdose deaths from synthetic opioids (primarily fentanyl) decreased in 2023 compared to 2022, cocaine and psychostimulants (like methamphetamine) increased.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2023-04-01): Fentanyl is a deadly, synthetic opioid, 50 times more powerful than heroin. Americans are dying from it at such an alarming rate, that the US has approved the sale of naloxone - an overdose-reversing drug - without a prescription. But fentanyl's trail of destruction begins further south. [...] Last year 70,000 Americans died of a drug overdose associated with a synthetic opioid like fentanyl. April Spring Kelly lives with immense regret - one of the fentanyl pills she trafficked was linked to a baby's death. [...] In 2021, 814 people died of a fentanyl-related death in the city's county - that's more than 15 fatal overdoses a week in a population of just over three million people.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2021-11-17): Drug Overdose Deaths in the U.S. Top 100,000 Annually [...] Provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate that there were an estimated 100,306 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 12-month period ending in April 2021, an increase of 28.5% from the 78,056 deaths during the same period the year before. The new data documents that estimated overdose deaths from opioids increased to 75,673 in the 12-month period ending in April 2021, up from 56,064 the year before. Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids (primarily fentanyl) and psychostimulants such as methamphetamine also increased in the 12-month period ending in April 2021. Cocaine deaths also increased, as did deaths from natural and semi-synthetic opioids (such as prescription pain medication).
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2023-04-28): Gaither analyzed pediatric mortality data collected by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 1999 to 2021. The mortality rate from fentanyl soared more than 300 percent during that period, from 0.47 per 100,000 children to 1.92 per 100,000, she found. In 2021, 40 infants and 93 children 1 to 4 years of age died from fentanyl. Opioid deaths in the United States have been rising since the late 1990s, as the drugs were more frequently prescribed. Illicitly manufactured fentanyl has increasingly been found in the illegal drug supply in the last decade. By 2017, more children under age 20 were dying from fentanyl than from other opioids, and those deaths have since spiked, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show. Fentanyl deaths have also been climbing for adults. More than 70,000 deaths in the United States were due to synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, in 2021, out of over 106,000 drug overdose fatalities reported that year.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2024-05-22): In 2022, around 73,838 people in the United States died from a drug overdose that involved fentanyl. This was the highest number of fentanyl overdose deaths ever recorded in the United States, and a significant increase from the number of deaths reported in 2019. Fentanyl overdoses are now the driving force behind the opioid epidemic, accounting for the majority of overdose deaths in the United States. [...] As of 2022, the rate of drug overdose deaths involving fentanyl in the United States is over two times higher among men than women. Rates of overdose death involving fentanyl were low for both men and women until around the year 2014 when they began to quickly increase, especially for men. In 2022, there were around 19,880 drug overdose deaths among women that involved fentanyl compared to 53,958 such deaths among men. At that time, the rate of fentanyl overdose deaths was highest among non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Natives and lowest among non-Hispanic Asians. However, from the years 2014 to 2018, non-Hispanic whites had the highest fentanyl overdose death rates.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2022-05-11): U.S. Overdose Deaths In 2021 Increased Half as Much as in 2020 – But Are Still Up 15% [...] Provisional data from CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics indicate there were an estimated 107,622 drug overdose deaths in the United States during 2021, an increase of nearly 15% from the 93,655 deaths estimated in 2020. The 2021 increase was half of what it was a year ago, when overdose deaths rose 30% from 2019 to 2020. [...] The new data show overdose deaths involving opioids increased from an estimated 70,029 in 2020 to 80,816 in 2021. Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids (primarily fentanyl), psychostimulants such as methamphetamine, and cocaine also continued to increase in 2021 compared to 2020.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2024-09-30): Over 115 million pills containing illicit fentanyl seized by law enforcement in 2023 [...] Read More About Drug Overdoses in the U.S. - Explore data from the National Vital Statistics System on overdose deaths from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2023-12-11): Canada and the U.S. suffer about 77,000 deaths a year from fentanyl. Europe doesn't come close. It's enforcement agencies are desperate to stop fentanyl crossing the Atlantic. (Photo: An example of the amount of fentanyl that can be deadly.)Photo by Jacquelyn Martin /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Hardly a week goes by that we don’t hear new horrifying numbers about opioid deaths in North America, four of five of which are linked to fentanyl. Last year, 70,000 Americans died of overdoses from fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50 times more powerful than heroin. The toll in Canada is comparable, at about 7,000 a year. In B.C., fentanyl-related deaths run at about 2,000, which is among the worst rates per capita on the continent.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2024-09-18): Roughly 100,000 deaths are still occurring per year. Street drug cocktails including fentanyl, methamphetamines, xylazine and other synthetic chemicals are more poisonous than ever. [...] Fentanyl may be harder to find and less pure in some areas because of law enforcement efforts targeting Mexican drug cartels. [...] Indeed, in many states in the eastern and central U.S. where improvements are largest, the sudden drop in drug deaths stunned some observers who lived through the darkest days of the fentanyl overdose crisis.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2024-08-22): What parents and kids need to know about fentanyl In August each year National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day is marked in the United States. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid typically used to treat people in medical settings. Illicit fentanyl is being manufactured in foreign labs and smuggled into the United States, often through Mexico. Because there is no official oversight of quality control, these counterfeit pills often contain lethal doses of fentanyl. In 2023, more than 70,000 Americans died from overdoses connected to illegally made fentanyl. Fentanyl is now found in fake pills, many street drugs, and users are often unaware that the drug they bought contains the extremely potent opioid. As students head back to school, we asked Acting United States Attorney Matt Kirsch what he wants kids and parents to know about fentanyl.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2023-02-07): Courtney discovered pills in high school. It spiraled into addiction and eventually her death from a fentanyl overdose. [...] Fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 Americans a year. Let’s launch a major surge to stop fentanyl production, sale, and trafficking, with more drug detection machines to inspect cargo and stop pills and powder at the border.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2020-02-01): America is currently in the midst of an unprecedented drug crisis. In 2017, over 70,000 Americans died from an overdose, an increase of 45% over the previous year. The overdose epidemic has affected Americans of all races, age groups, and socioeconomic statuses, and it has devastated families in urban and rural areas alike. Overdoses now kill more Americans than suicides, motor vehicle accidents, firearms, and homicides, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) points to overdoses as a key contributor to the drop in Americans’ life expectancy. The rise of overdose deaths in the United States has been largely driven by an increase in opioid-related deaths. Opioids—including prescription painkillers, heroin, and fentanyl—were responsible for 68% of overdoses in 2017. An estimated 2 million Americans are currently battling opioid addiction, and in 2017, the Council of Economic Advisors estimated that the Opioid Crisis was costing the United States over half a trillion dollars in lost productivity, premature deaths, and increased healthcare and criminal justice costs. More data about the drug crisis—including assessments of current drug use and drug-induced morbidity and mortality—can be found in ONDCP’s Data Supplement. After his inauguration, President Donald J. Trump established the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis to provide recommendations on how the Federal government should respond to this crisis. Shortly thereafter, he declared the Opioid Crisis a public health emergency. Since then, the government has spent or allocated over $12.9 Billion to address opioid misuse.
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2024-04-30): A group of researchers led by Abenaa Jones, assistant professor of human development and family studies and Ann Atherton Hertzler Early Career Professor in Health and Human Development at Penn State, examined demographic characteristics of the more than half-million people in the United States who died of an overdose between 2012 and 2021. They used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Wide‐ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research (WONDER) "Underlying Causes of Death" file and the Census Bureau to identify the region of residence for every white or Black individual who died of overdose. "The opioid overdose story in the U.S. was young, white and rural for a long time," said Joel Segel, associate professor of health policy and administration and co-author of this research. "But the story is changing, especially for older Black adults." [...] "This is a crisis, and much of the nation is not aware of it," Jones said. "Naloxone, known as NARCAN, has reduced deaths among people who use opioids, but if, for example, people who use cocaine do not know they are using opioids — as may be the case when fentanyl is cut into cocaine — then they may not feel the need to carry naloxone. Still, distribution of naloxone to older Black adults might save lives. Free distribution of fentanyl test strips might be another way to save lives. Most importantly, researchers and policy makers need to develop a better understanding of this crisis so that we can reverse the trend and save lives."
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2019-09-04): Fentanyl As A Dark Web Profit Center, From Chinese Labs To U.S. Streets More than 70,000 Americans died from drug overdoses last year, and a growing number of those deaths are attributed to the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl. Journalist Ben Westhoff says the drug, while an important painkiller and anesthesia medicine in hospitals, is now killing more Americans annually as a street drug than any other in U.S. history. [...] He adds: "Since only 2 milligrams of fentanyl is enough to kill you, just the slightest miscalculation can make people overdose and die. ... If fentanyl starts taking over prescription pills and other drugs, the problem could get even worse."
Claim: 70,000 Americans have died from fentanyl overdoses (Viral Post, 2023-08-01)
Evidence (2024-09-07): The government says fentanyl kills around 70,000 Americans each year – more than car accidents and shootings combined. The crisis has impacted Americans of all regions, income levels, races and political persuasions. [...] In 2021, during Biden’s first year of office — when many Americans were still stuck at home amid the pandemic — fentanyl deaths rose by 23% to more than 70,000. [...] "Fentanyl overdose is the leading cause of death for Americans and Kamala Harris and Joe Biden don’t talk about it," she said.