{"id":1277534,"date":"2022-02-07T05:08:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-07T10:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1277534"},"modified":"2022-02-07T05:08:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T10:08:13","slug":"biden-admin-to-fund-crack-pipe-distribution-to-advance-racial-equity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-to-fund-crack-pipe-distribution-to-advance-racial-equity\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin To Fund Crack Pipe Distribution To Advance \u2018Racial Equity\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-to-fund-crack-pipe-distribution-to-advance-racial-equity%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1277534&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/\">Biden Administration<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">$30 million program will provide &#8216;smoking kits&#8217; to vulnerable communities<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"736\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/rsz_gettyimages-159325323-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"denied:data:image\/gif;base64, R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/rsz_gettyimages-159325323.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/rsz_gettyimages-159325323-300x181.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tA drug addict lights a crack pipe (Yasuyoshi Chiba\/AFP via Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/patrick-hauf\/\" title=\"Posts by Patrick Hauf\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Patrick Hauf<\/a> \u2022 February 7, 2022 5:00 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The Biden administration is set to fund the distribution of crack pipes to drug addicts as part of its plan to advance &#8220;racial equity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The $30 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samhsa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/grants\/pdf\/fy22-harm-reduction-nofo.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grant program<\/a>, which closed applications Monday and will begin in May, will provide funds to nonprofits and local governments to help make drug use safer for addicts. Included in the grant, which is overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services, are funds for &#8220;smoking kits\/supplies.&#8221; A spokesman for the agency told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> that these kits will provide pipes for users to smoke crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and &#8220;any illicit substance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>HHS said the kits aim to reduce the risk of infection when smoking substances with glass pipes, which can lead to infections through cuts and sores. Applicants for the grants are prioritized if they treat a majority of &#8220;underserved communities,&#8221; including African Americans and &#8220;LGBTQ+ persons,&#8221; as established under President Joe Biden&#8217;s executive order on &#8220;advancing racial equity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Democratic-run cities such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfexaminer.com\/news\/sf-group-handing-out-free-crack-pipe-kits-expects-to-expand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-drugs-seattle\/largest-u-s-needle-exchange-tries-free-meth-pipes-in-seattle-idUSKBN0NZ11U20150514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seattle<\/a> have distributed smoking kits to residents. Some local governments, however, have in recent years backed away from their smoking kit programs over concerns they enable drug abuse. Louisville, Ky., for example, allowed convenience stores to sell smoking kits but later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wave3.com\/2019\/02\/27\/crack-kits-still-being-sold-despite-law-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">banned<\/a> them. Legislators in Maryland ditched their distribution plan after facing backlash from local law enforcement and African-American leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt. Clyde Boatwright, president of the Maryland Fraternal Order of Police, said government resources are better spent on preventing drug abuse rather than making it safer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If we look at more of a preventive campaign as opposed to an enabling campaign, I think it will offer an opportunity to have safer communities with fewer people who are dependable on these substances,&#8221; Boatwright told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Other &#8220;harm reduction&#8221; equipment that qualifies for funding include syringes, vaccinations, disease screenings, condoms, and fentanyl strips. The grant program will last three years and includes 25 awards of up to $400,000.<\/p>\n<p>An HHS spokesman declined to specify what is included in the smoking kits. Similar distribution efforts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nchrc.org\/harm-reduction\/crack-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provide<\/a> mouthpieces to prevent glass cuts, rubber bands to prevent burns, and filters to minimize the risk of disease.<\/p>\n<p>It is against federal law to distribute or sell drug paraphernalia unless authorized by the government.<\/p>\n<p>President Biden&#8217;s son Hunter is a longtime user of crack cocaine.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden Administration $30 million program will provide &#8216;smoking kits&#8217; to vulnerable communities  A drug addict lights a crack pipe (Yasuyoshi Chiba\/AFP via Getty Images) &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1277534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1277534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1277534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1277534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1277534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1277534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}