By Merlin
Mon, Feb 7, 2022 9:45 p.m.
"Biden Admin to Fund Crack Pipe Distribution to Advance 'Racial Equity'"
Merlin: Seems "Byeden" thinks all blacks are crack addicts. So ridiculous; that is only partly true.
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
A drug addict lights a crack pipe (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)Patrick Hauf • February 7, 2022 5:00 am
Biden Admin to Fund Crack Pipe Distribution to Advance "Racial Equity"
$30 million program will provide 'smoking kits' to vulnerable communities
A drug addict lights a crack pipe (Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP via Getty Images)Patrick Hauf • February 7, 2022 5:00 am 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." [it is Black History Month, after all]
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.
Funding for the "harm reduction" grant program is provided through Democrats' American Rescue Plan, which the Senate passed along party lines after Vice President Kamala Harris cast a tie-breaking vote. Other 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. [N.S.: Well, then it isn't against the hell, is it?]
President Biden's son Hunter is a longtime user of crack cocaine.
Update 2/7/2022 4:30 p.m.: This piece has been updated with additional information.
2 comments:
The ones addicted to it now are too far gone to care about anything--let alone "safer crack smoking.".Here's a suggestion:Put a little fentanyl in the mix and end the misery for them--and us. Why should we pay for their addiction and the collateral damage that goes with it:filth,disease,hospitalizations,welfare.
Many people might say that's "inhumane",I say it's the opposite of that term.In most cases,these addicts have ceased being human in any real sense.Everyday is torture for them--permanently--and that also goes for heroin addicts(I knew one).
Once addicted,they're lost,chaotic,criminally minded souls.The brain structure has changed forever.Do NOT help them--it's pointless--they cannot be rehabbed and saved.The only endgame is an overdose.
--GRA
"Some local governments, however, have in recent years backed away from their smoking kit programs over concerns they enable drug abuse."
Golly. What a quaint idea. Golly.
Sure, the pipe smokers pass the pipe around. One guy with tongue, lip, mouth or throat cancer can pass around the virus that causes the cancer to everyone else. Then the chickens come home to roost later.
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