Posted on 02/07/2022 7:31:54 AM PST by TigerClaws
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.
Hunter will be the first recipient.
Taxpayer money? Time to rebel.
Well then, the Biden administration is thusly saying that either Whites, Latinos, Asians, or Blacks are the largest number of crack users.
What neighborhoods are these being distributed in? Oh, inner-city minority ones?
Just racist Dems being racist Dems.
The rest of the world is smiling at the downfall of America and rubbing their palms together.
And Fast and Furious worked out so well.
Biden found a pipe he likes!!
A crack pipe!!
No purchase of Hunter paintings required for this one.
The founders tried to prevent all of this with the natural born citizen clause excluding the children of foreigners who are born with the foreign nationality of their foreign parent(s).
Everything that has happened since Usurpation Day, to include the Big Steal and the Brandon maladministration, was preventable.
Except not ONE of our elected OR appointed would uphold the Constitution.
It looks like the white racist Democrats are trying to kill black people.
The mass media will never call them out for it....
Is there any law this asshole is not breaking? Seriously.
Why should those white cracker devils get all the high end designer crack pipes? Is that fair?
I was hiding behind some garbage cans taking out a cigarette from my nine dollar pack when I was reading this article.
WTH
Well, this is one way to cull the masses...
How did Hunter Biden become part of ‘racial equality’?
Forty years ago, my county was run by a corrupt sheriff. He actually ran the rackets and received a cut from the bootleggers (dry county), drug dealers, chicken fights, prostitutes, etc. Is this what Joe is doing?
racial equity
If this is a joke, I can say it is tasteless and unfunny.
The Biden Administration will whore itself to bring in more voters.
Obama was never eligible.
He is the puppetmaster of the meat puppet currently in office.
Looks like Joe associates black and LGBQT people as crack users. Joe is a racist. Not unlike the corporations who use all black actors in commercials but they must be able to dance.
JUST what America needs——drug addicts who ‘live safer & longer’ so they can drain more tax $$$ from taxpayers.
Wonder how Elon Musk feels after paying over $11 BILLION in taxes so far for 2021.
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