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.
Highlights
- The Biden administration says a government grant program will not pay for safer pipes to smoke crack or meth.
- “No federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement of grantees to put pipes in safe smoking kits,” officials say.
- The White House says that impression was created by “inaccurate reporting” Monday was the deadline for service organizations and state and local governments to apply for a share of $30 million in federal money for “harm reduction” efforts.
- The original request for funding proposals listed “safe smoking kits/supplies” among the items that could be purchased with taxpayer money.
- Some Republican senators castigated the administration on Twitter.