re: Headline of the day: “Debate over crack pipes holding up funding of US federal government”

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Crack pipe isn't a name... Nor is it in the funding bill.

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I don’t disagree this is overblown. Biden and Kamala have spent their entire careers making sure blacks are locked up for decades on petty drug charges. In reality they’d be against giving out crack pipes.

I'm not standing for anything other than truth and there have been lies told to garner clicks. Clarification for idiot politicians have been made and they have walked back their positions since this story has been published.

I have a problem with people not staying up to date on the facts and debates and then spew misinformation.

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The program targets all drug use. Conservatives honed in on the provision that allows grantees to purchase “safe smoking kits” and turned into a crack pipe debate.

We live in the dumbest timeline.

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just Proves, yet again, that the government is too large in scope and just wastes money.....



wasteful spending strikes again.....

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The fact that you think the people opposing this are 'dumb' says everything about you

Why should taxpayers be paying for any of that? What is a "safe smoking kit" that makes it ANY safer to use, and won't those pipes just be used over and over like the ones already used?

It makes zero sense for our government to fund this, when there's a million other things they could be doing with our tax dollars that better serves us. If you support this without question, congratulations you're one of the brainwashed idiots that'll support anything the left trots out there like a good little lap dog.

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i remember when the left found out that AIDS and other STDs increased in Indiana and tried to crucify Mike Pence because he stopped giving out clean needles and state sponsored drugs.

that's like blaming him that breaking and entering crimes increased because he stopped giving out keys.

Everything you love about America is because of liberals.

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The program targets all drug use. Conservatives honed in on the provision that allows grantees to purchase “safe smoking kits” and turned into a crack pipe debate.

We live in the dumbest timeline.

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We sure do. We have fricking morons like yourself willing to be robbed blind by our federal government in favor of literal crackheads to defend their team.

You don’t even realize that the opposing team is manufactured on a daily basis. The “conservatives” could be any person that opposes policies that have decades worth of proof of being failures. The “conservatives” at this point is simply a crappy braking system, yet the media can trick simpletons into thinking they are the enemy. They are holding up spending? Maybe if the non “conservatives” would stop putting bullshite into these bills that are necessary to keep the government functioning these debates would not need to occur.

We are in a free fall of spending and borrowing. We are robbing the future of our country in favor of programs that bloat the federal government and have made led the poor and disadvantaged further away from prosperity. It’s right there in front of us all to see. But dammit, not only can my team not be wrong, the other side must be wrong, so the answer must be to keep borrowing, raise interest rates and crack pipes for everyone.

Will crack houses be renamed into crack mansions?

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and won't those pipes just be used over and over like the ones already used?

It makes zero sense for our government to fund this, when there's a million other things they could be doing with our tax dollars that better serves us. If you support this without question, congratulations you're one of the brainwashed idiots that'll support anything the left trots out there like a good little lap dog.

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There are no cracks pipes in the kit. That's where the conservative side of propaganda pushers lied. They realized if they trick people into thinking Crack pipes were being handed out, it would cause more outrage than what's actually in the kits (alcohol swab, lip balm, and othet materials to promote clean hygene).

I think this includes syringes though, which to me is just as concerning as distributing crack pipes.

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I'm not standing for anything other than truth and there have been lies told to garner clicks. Clarification for idiot politicians have been made and they have walked back their positions since this story has been published.

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Ah, so you're only offended by technicalities. Because yes, you are correct, the bill does not directly state it will fund crack pipes. It does, however state it will provide "safe smoking devices" aka, CRACK PIPES.

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Purchase equipment and supplies to enhance harm reduction efforts, such as:
o Harm reduction vending machine(s), including stock for machines;
o Infectious diseases testing kits (HIV, HBV, HCV, etc.);
o Medication lock boxes;
o FDA-approved overdose reversal medication (as well as higher dosages
now approved by FDA);
o Safe sex kits, including PrEP resources and condoms;
o Safe smoking kits/supplies;
o Screening for infectious diseases (HIV, sexually transmitted infections,
viral hepatitis);
o Sharps disposal and medication disposal kits;
o Substance test kits, including test strips for fentanyl and other synthetic
drugs;
o Syringes to prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases;
o Vaccination services (hepatitis A, hepatitis B vaccination); and
o Wound care management supplies.