Lawmakers Unveil Bills to Block Taxpayer Funding for Crack Pipes: HUNTER, CRACK, and PIPES Acts

Lawmakers in both lower and upper chambers of Congress have introduced at least three separate bills—with the acronyms HUNTER, CRACK, and PIPES—seeking to block any attempts by the federal government to use taxpayer money to fund crack pipes. It comes after a media report by the Washington Free Beacon, citing a spokesman from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), said the Biden administration was funding safe smoking kits that would provide pipes for ...