Fact Check: Biden admin isn't funding crack pipes

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Fact Check: Biden admin isn't funding crack pipes
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Facts First: It's not true that tax dollars are currently being used for a 'crack pipe fund.'

The February 7 article from the Washington Free Beacon pointed to a federal grant program administered by an agency inside the Department of Health and Human Services, aimed at helping those with substance abuse problems. Among the approved uses of the $29 million program was the purchase of"safe smoking kits/supplies," which the article claimed included crack pipes.

Rahul Gupta, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, issued a statement clarifying that"no federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement of grantees to put pipes in safe smoking kits.

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