“Dr. Ben Carson endorsed CBD gummies to treat high blood pressure.”
Social media posts
in a Facebook post. Claim dated 11 Dec 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
A spokesperson for Dr. Ben Carson said the retired neurosurgeon and former Housing and Urban Development secretary, has neither endorsed nor heard of the CBD product advertised in social media posts.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 11 December 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 January 2024, 25 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://archive.is/MwgcV
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