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After days of being raked over the rocks for promising to spend taxpayer money on crackpipes,

the Biden administration is denying that the policy ever existed at all.

HHS just put out a statement clarifying around some reports that crackpipes are not

would be part of a safe smoking kits that are funded by the administration. But can you

clarify for us, were they never a part of the kid or were they removed in response to

this reporting and this pushback? They were never a part of the kid. It was inaccurate

reporting and we wanted to put out information to make that clear.

They were never a part of the kit. Saki says the administration never planned to buy

the pipes, which is different from what the Department of Health and Human Services

told us. They never denied that they had planned to buy the pipes. They just said that

now, quote, no federal funding will be used directly or through subsequent reimbursement

of grantees to put pipes in safe smoking kits.

Before that, Biden's allies actually defended the free crackpipes as a logical part of

any harm reduction plan. Three different stories who's telling the truth. It's actually pretty

simple to find out. You pretty much just need to Google safe smoking kit and harm reduction

plan. Then this is the important part. Limit the search dates to a few days ago when the

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