“Overdose deaths in WV are up 45% from the prior year.”
What PolitiFact found
Overdose deaths in West Virginia have increased by about 45% between calendar year 2019 and calendar year 2020, according to state data. Preliminary data covering a portion of 2021 shows that the increase has accelerated
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In short
David McKinley (U.S. Representative, R-W.Va.) made this claim around 10 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 October 2021, 56 days later. Its rating was “True”.
David McKinley has 3 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 0 of them false or fake, 2 misleading or mixed and 1 true.
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