TRUST INDEX: Are federal dollars funding clean crack pipes for people with addiction?
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While some safe smoke kits do include drug pipes as a way to reduce harm, HHS issued a statement this week saying “no federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement of grantees to put pipes in safe smoking kits.”
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Reports of Biden's taxpayer-funded crack pipes draw scrutiny, National
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TRUST INDEX: Are federal dollars funding clean crack pipes for people with addiction?
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Texas drug recovery group awarded $800K grant from Biden admin for 'harm reduction' distributes crack pipes
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