“One in eight American adults, or 12.7 percent of the U.S population, now meets diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder.”
Richard Ojeda
Former West Virginia legislator. a tweet. Claim dated 4 Oct 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisHalf True
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Richard Ojeda (Former West Virginia legislator) made this claim around 4 October 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 19 November 2019, 46 days later. Its rating was “Half True”.
Richard Ojeda has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 3 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
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