In the name of harm reduction, the substance abuse arm of the Health and Human Services Agency will begin providing funds to help distribute \u201csafe smoking kits\u201d for the consumption of various illicit drugs like crack cocaine and crystal meth.<\/p>\n
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Agency (SAMHSA) has allocated roughly $30 million for a Harm Reduction Program Grant, which includes funding for syringe exchange programs, the opioid reversal drug naloxone, test kits to detect fentanyl and \u201csafe smoking kits\/supplies,\u201d among other more traditional measures, like HIV testing and safer sex resources.<\/p>\n
Harm reduction efforts, like testing for infectious diseases, needle exchanges and naloxone distribution programs, are nothing new, but providing federal taxpayer funds for paraphernalia used to smoke drugs is.<\/p>\n
An HHS spokesperson reportedly confirmed to The Washington Free Beacon these \u201csafe smoking kits\u201d will provide pipes for the consumption of \u201cany illicit substance\u201d to reduce the risk of infection, which can potentially occur through cuts and sores.<\/p>\n
Seattle previously distributed meth pipes to residents in 2015, according to Reuters, but it\u2019s reportedly hard to tell the benefit such a program can have.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is plausible the intervention could be effective,\u201d said Matthew Golden, a Seattle and King County disease control official and a University of Washington medical professor, when the program was launched. \u201cIt\u2019s simply an unstudied idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
One nonprofit said it had conducted research which determined meth users would be less likely to inject the drug if given access to pipes, but there is little evidence to back up such a claim, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n
San Francisco has handed out crack pipes as well, according to local reporting, where allegedly an estimated 25,000 people actively inject drugs.<\/p>\n
The SAMHSA grant\u2019s $30 million will be spread across three years, and the money will be prioritized for \u201cunderserved communities that are greatly impacted by substance use disorder (SUD).\u201d<\/p>\n
Other measures funded by the grant include harm reduction vending machines \u2013 including the contents to stock them, infectious disease test kits and medicines, vaccination services and wound care supplies.<\/p>\n
The National Desk reached out to SAMHSA to see if the \u201csafe smoking kits\u201d will also be available at harm reduction vending machines across the country but did not receive an immediate response in time for publication. This story will be updated if a response is obtained.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I’m sure Hunter’s next push will be for free crack testing kits to be sent out. Hunter (who President Biden unironically called “the smartest guy I know”) one time smoked a ‘rock’ of parmesean cheese. That could have been prevented with a simple reagent testing kit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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