“Florida “had a year-over-year reduction” in overdose deaths.”
Ron DeSantis
Florida governor and candidate for president. Claim dated 12 Dec 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly True
What PolitiFact found
Florida had a 2.8% decrease in overdose deaths from 2021 to 2022 based on preliminary data for 2022.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Ron DeSantis (Florida governor and candidate for president) made this claim around 12 December 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 14 December 2023, 2 days later. Its rating was “Mostly True”.
Ron DeSantis has 64 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 38 misleading or mixed and 2 true.
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