Brian Poindexter: His campaign said any implication that he has used hard drugs is false and that he has passed random drug tests as a union ironworker for the past 20 years, after an opponent's ad cited a 1998 arrest. News 5 Cleveland reported that a 1998 Cleveland police report shows he was arrested at 18 on suspicion of possessing crack cocaine and was never charged.

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Brian Poindexter: His campaign said any implication that he has used hard drugs is false and that he has passed random drug tests as a union ironworker for the past 20 years, after an opponent's ad cited a 1998 arrest. News 5 Cleveland reported that a 1998 Cleveland police report shows he was arrested at 18 on suspicion of possessing crack cocaine and was never charged.

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Date: 2026-09-21
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What: His campaign said any implication that he has used hard drugs is false and that he has passed random drug tests as a union ironworker for the past 20 years, after an opponent's ad cited a 1998 arrest. News 5 Cleveland reported that a 1998 Cleveland police report shows he was arrested at 18 on suspicion of possessing crack cocaine and was never charged.

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Congressman Max Miller's race gets dirty, with both sides objecting to attack ads · News 5 Cleveland (WEWS) · 2026-09-21 · accessed 2026-10-06

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