“Do not count on the revenue from legalized marijuana to amount to anything. It hasn’t worked in Colorado, it hasn’t worked in California, it hasn’t worked in Oregon. This has been a false advertisement.”
What Washington Post found
Many states have exceeded their revenue projections for legal marijuana sales, even ones that face initial disappointment such as California.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Glenn Youngkin (GOP gubernatorial candidate) made this claim around 28 February 2021. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 9 July 2021, 131 days later. Its rating was “Three Pinocchios”.
Glenn Youngkin has 5 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
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