The Biden administration says a government grant program to help prevent additional harm to people who use illicit drugs will not pay for safer pipes to smoke crack or meth.
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No, the Biden administration is not funding the distribution of crack pipes
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Govt. program does not pay for crack pipes, White House says
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Liberal outlets, fact-checkers go to war over Free Beacon report on Biden funding 'crack pipe' distribution
The Biden administration said Wednesday the federal government will not fund crack pipes or reimburse grantees who put them in safe smoking kits after a dustup over reports saying a program designed to reduce harm from drug use would include the devices.
The Biden administration says a government grant program to help prevent additional harm to people who use illicit drugs will not pay for safer pipes to smoke crack or meth.
More than a few eyebrows were raised earlier this week when the Washington Free Beacon reported on a $30 million grant program was going to fund "smoking kits"
The White House and its allies in the mainstream media and Big Tech are disputing a report that a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant program would fund distribution of crack pipes through safe "smoking kits" to help advance racial equity.
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