Biden Admin To Fund Crack Pipe Distribution To Advance ‘Racial Equity’

Too much micromanagement, in my opinion. Equal protection of our own laws is simpler and more cost effective and more conducive to individual responsibility under our form of Capitalism.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
That is the case in Philadelphia where a federal appeals court smacked down the city for opening what amounted to a drug den where they supplied everything but the drugs. NYC has opened two such locations and is likely to be taken to court and found in violation of federal law too.
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This is from Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. It's a grant program.


The purpose is to reduce harm. It's a public health service.
 
AProudLefty said:
Correct. Here's the relevant part.

Purchase equipment and supplies to enhance harm reduction efforts, such as:
o Harm reduction vending machine(s), including stock for machines;
o Infectious diseases testing kits (HIV, HBV, HCV, etc.);
o Medication lock boxes;
o FDA-approved overdose reversal medication (as well as higher dosages
now approved by FDA);
o Safe sex kits, including PrEP resources and condoms;
o Safe smoking kits/supplies;
o Screening for infectious diseases (HIV, sexually transmitted infections,
viral hepatitis);
o Sharps disposal and medication disposal kits;
o Substance test kits, including test strips for fentanyl and other synthetic
drugs;
o Syringes to prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases;
o Vaccination services (hepatitis A, hepatitis B vaccination); and
o Wound care management supplies.

Notice where it says test strips, not fentanyl strips? Now do you see how they twisted it to make it worse than it appears to smear Biden?

You need to stay alert of propaganda.
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Safe smoking kits/supplies;
[h=1]Handing Out Crack Pipes May Not Be Such a Crackpot Scheme[/h]https://time.com/105534/free-crack-pipes-san-francisco/
 
ziggy said:
The Biden administration is set to fund the distribution of crack pipes to drug addicts as part of its plan to advance "racial equity."

The $30 million grant program, 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 "smoking kits/supplies." A spokesman for the agency told the Washington Free Beacon that these kits will provide pipes for users to smoke crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and "any illicit substance."

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 "underserved communities," including African Americans and "LGBTQ+ persons," as established under President Joe Biden's executive order on "advancing racial equity."

Democratic-run cities such as San Francisco and Seattle 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 banned them. Legislators in Maryland ditched their distribution plan after facing backlash from local law enforcement and African-American leaders.

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.

"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," Boatwright told the Free Beacon.

Other "harm reduction" 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.

An HHS spokesman declined to specify what is included in the smoking kits. Similar distribution efforts provide mouthpieces to prevent glass cuts, rubber bands to prevent burns, and filters to minimize the risk of disease.

It is against federal law to distribute or sell drug paraphernalia unless authorized by the government.

President Biden's son Hunter is a longtime user of crack cocaine.


https://freebeacon.com/biden-admini...k-pipe-distribution-to-advance-racial-equity/
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Do you have a news source? A right wing blog is nothing.
 
ziggy said:
The Biden administration is set to fund the distribution of crack pipes to drug addicts as part of its plan to advance "racial equity."

The $30 million grant program, 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 "smoking kits/supplies." A spokesman for the agency told the Washington Free Beacon that these kits will provide pipes for users to smoke crack cocaine, crystal methamphetamine, and "any illicit substance."

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 "underserved communities," including African Americans and "LGBTQ+ persons," as established under President Joe Biden's executive order on "advancing racial equity."

Democratic-run cities such as San Francisco and Seattle 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 banned them. Legislators in Maryland ditched their distribution plan after facing backlash from local law enforcement and African-American leaders.

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.

"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," Boatwright told the Free Beacon.

Other "harm reduction" 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.

An HHS spokesman declined to specify what is included in the smoking kits. Similar distribution efforts provide mouthpieces to prevent glass cuts, rubber bands to prevent burns, and filters to minimize the risk of disease.

It is against federal law to distribute or sell drug paraphernalia unless authorized by the government.

President Biden's son Hunter is a longtime user of crack cocaine.


https://freebeacon.com/biden-admini...k-pipe-distribution-to-advance-racial-equity/
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THAT'LL SAVE HUNTER BIDEN A FORTUNE!!!! :laugh:




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AProudLefty said:
This is from Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. It's a grant program.
The purpose is to reduce harm. It's a public health service.
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That's what the one in Philadelphia and NYC say about theirs too. Doesn't change that federal judges (not the 's' on that) have said such programs are illegal.

Personally, I don't care if they do it or not, but I'd say it's mostly coddling drug addicts rather than addressing their problems. It will also create problems as an attractive nuisance. That is, if drug addicts have to gather at some location, the problems they bring with that are going to be present too.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
That's what the one in Philadelphia and NYC say about theirs too. Doesn't change that federal judges (not the 's' on that) have said such programs are illegal.

Personally, I don't care if they do it or not, but I'd say it's mostly coddling drug addicts rather than addressing their problems. It will also create problems as an attractive nuisance. That is, if drug addicts have to gather at some location, the problems they bring with that are going to be present too.
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Same was said before the Prohibition.
 
AProudLefty said:
Odd they aren't a nuisance in Holland and other countries where it's legal. :dunno:
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Yea, they are. Go there some time. In the train stations, they play an announcement every few minutes warning you that pickpockets and thieves are working the station and to be aware of your surroundings. Much of that is addict related. The red-light district is bad. You have guys walk up to you with a case full of drugs and try a hard sell line to get you to buy.

There's also a huge problem of drug smuggling there.

It's sort of like the US prohibition era without the guns.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Yea, they are. Go there some time. In the train stations, they play an announcement every few minutes warning you that pickpockets and thieves are working the station and to be aware of your surroundings. Much of that is addict related. The red-light district is bad. You have guys walk up to you with a case full of drugs and try a hard sell line to get you to buy.

There's also a huge problem of drug smuggling there.

It's sort of like the US prohibition era without the guns.
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https://time.com/longform/portugal-drug-use-decriminalization/
 
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