“Individuals released from incarceration are 129 times more likely to die of a drug overdose during the first two weeks after release.”
Paul Tonko
U.S. Representative, D-N.Y.. a press release. Claim dated 20 Mar 2023.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
What PolitiFact found
One study did find the ratio Tonko cited, but that research has limitations, especially the age of its data, which is more than two decades old.
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In short
Paul Tonko (U.S. Representative, D-N.Y.) made this claim around 20 March 2023. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 26 April 2023, 37 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
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