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Lawmakers are drawing heat over their pushback against a federal grant program meant to reduce harm among drug users with "safe smoking kits," with advocates decrying the claims that taxpayer money is being spent on “crack pipes.”
Fact-checkers are labeled Conservative news stories on the Biden admin handing out free drug paraphernalia as FALSE. But a video shared on Twitter shows the actual drug kits, one of which includes a free crack pipe and another a fresh syringe with alcohol wipes.
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) temporarily put a hold on a spending bill intended to avert a government shutdown after citing a report on the kits by The Washington Free Beacon.
The objections gained steam when Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced legislation along with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) that sought to bar federal funds for pipes used for crack cocaine, as well as syringes and needles.