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‘This is not a game’: Jen Psaki blasts GOP for misrepresenting drug policy as free crackpipes
White House press secretary Jen Psaki blasted Republicans for characterising a Health and Human Services grant program for harm reduction strategies as a federal giveaway of crack pipes to drug addicts based on “inaccurate reporting”.
Right-wing media outlets had mischaracterised the grant program because of the inclusion of “safe smoking kits” in a notice of funding opportunity issued by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Republican senator Marsha Blackburn sent a letter to HHS secretary Xavier Becerra asking about the use of expressing her “grave concerns” regarding the program.
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