So-called "safe smoking kits" recently obtained in five major U.S. cities contained crack pipes and other drug paraphernalia, according to The Washington Free Beacon. The Beacon reportedly ...

Claims that federal funding would support the distribution of crack pipes in those safe smoking kits are false, according to multiple representatives for the federal government. In a joint ...

These kits can include an assortment of pipes — like “bubbles,” “hammers,” or straight glass pipes—along with tin foil and even instructions on how to fold foil into a makeshift pipe.

Accordingly, no federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement of grantees to put pipes in safe smoking kits." The statement comes amid a media firestorm and ...

Alexandra Hutzler is currently a staff writer on Newsweek's politics team. Prior to joining Newsweek in summer 2018, she was a crime and politics reporter for The Riverdale Press in the Bronx.