The Biden administration will be funding a federal program which it says aims to reduce diseases and cut drug use overall.
The program includes the controversial distribution of “safe smoking kits” — or crack pipes. The Department of Health and Human Services grant program is set to begin in May, and applications closed on Monday. It will provide $30 million to nonprofits and local governments for multiple purposes, including education and counseling for drug addicts.
But it is the “safe smoking kits/supplies” that stir controversy, just the same as “clean…