{"id":1665093,"date":"2022-09-29T16:35:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T20:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665093"},"modified":"2022-09-29T16:42:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T20:42:38","slug":"it-fuels-out-of-control-crime-republican-lepage-slams-opponent-for-supporting-crack-pipe-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-fuels-out-of-control-crime-republican-lepage-slams-opponent-for-supporting-crack-pipe-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It Fuels Out-Of-Control Crime\u2019: Republican LePage Slams Opponent for Supporting Crack Pipe Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fit-fuels-out-of-control-crime-republican-lepage-slams-opponent-for-supporting-crack-pipe-distribution%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=1665093&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--><p> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/\">Elections<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Democrat Janet Mills is &#8216;fueling Maine&#8217;s crime epidemic,&#8217; says former governor Paul LePage<\/p>\n<p>   <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 September 29, 2022 4:25 pm  <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A Republican candidate in one of the country&#8217;s most competitive gubernatorial elections is slamming his Democratic opponent for supporting the distribution of free crack pipes to addicts, arguing that the state&#8217;s so-called harm reduction facilities are fueling crime.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The broadside came during former governor Paul LePage&#8217;s campaign speech Wednesday, in which the the former Republican governor criticized his successor, Janet Mills (D.), whom he is challenging at the ballot box in November, for promoting Maine Access Points, a taxpayer-funded harm reduction group that in July <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/these-harm-reduction-facilities-are-slated-for-biden-administration-grants-theyre-also-distributing-crack-pipes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">provided<\/a> a dozen free crack pipes to a <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> reporter. Mills&#8217;s drug policies, LePage said, have contributed to a violent crime spike that has seen shootings in Portland more than double since last year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Think about it: When you hand out free crack pipes, there is something that goes into it,&#8221; said LePage, who cited a <em>Free Beaco<\/em>n report that documented a network of harm reduction facilities that distribute free crack pipes and needles across the state. &#8220;That something is illegal, dangerous, and it fuels\u2014let me repeat\u2014it fuels out-of-control crime. Janet Mills is literally fueling Maine&#8217;s crime epidemic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former Maine governor Paul LePage<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">During her tenure as governor, Mills has touted support for harm reduction initiatives and launched a program in 2020, Overdose Prevention Through Intensive Outreach, Naloxone, and Safety, that <a href=\"https:\/\/knowyouroptions.me\/safer-drug-practices\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/knowyouroptions.me\/safer-drug-practices\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1664552348109000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3zMv4Ela0XrGuceJ46LX9R\">directs<\/a> drug users to Maine Access Points to &#8220;get the supplies you need to use safely.&#8221; LePage noted that Maine Access Points only received $14,915 in government grants in 2018\u2014the last year of his two-term run as governor\u2014but jumped to $716,073 in 2019 after Mills took office. It is unclear what portion of this increase in funds came from the state government or local cities. Mills&#8217;s office did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mills&#8217;s support for harm reduction initiatives has come amid a surge in crime in the Pine Tree State. Police in Portland, the state&#8217;s largest city, said they responded to 42 shootings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Republican candidate in one of the country&#8217;s most competitive gubernatorial elections is slamming his Democratic opponent for supporting the distribution of free crack pipes to addicts, arguing that the state&#8217;s so-called harm reduction facilities are fueling crime.<br \/>\nThe post \u2018It Fuels Out-Of-Control Crime\u2019: Republican LePage Slams Opponent for Supporting Crack Pipe Distribution appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":193,"featured_media":1665095,"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-1665093","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\/1665093","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\/193"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1665093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1665095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}