A new report has revealed that safe drug-use sites in Democratic cities do include pipes for smoking crack cocaine or methamphetamine in kits provided to addicts.
Crack pipes are being given out to addicts in some so-called safe drug-use sites in major cities along the East Coast – organizations that could qualify for funding from the Biden administration, according to a new report. that five sites in Boston, New York City, Baltimore, Washington D.C., and Richmond, Va.
The Department of Health and Human Services has stated their grant can be used to purchase “Safe smoking kits/supplies.”“It was inaccurate reporting and we wanted to put out information to make that clear,” she said, adding that the kits could include lip balm, alcohol swabs or other materials meant to help prevent the transmission of diseases like HIV and hepatitis.
“This policy does not allow for crack pipes to be included,” she added. “I would just note that this is a bit of a conspiracy theory that’s been spread out there. It’s not accurate. There’s important drug treatment programs for people who have been suffering from what we’ve seen as an epidemic across the country, and money is not used for crack pipes.”
The Alliance’s Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center in New York also provides pipes – for smoking crack cocaine as well as meth – and smoking literature, the Free Beacon found. The center – which reportedly has received $20 million in funding from HHS since 2004 – also distributed cooper mesh.In Washington DC, the Honoring Individual Power and Strength harm reduction center also provides various pipes and has a history of receiving $3.1 million in funding from SAMHSA sine 2018.
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