Moody demands answers on Biden administration using public funds for crack pipes
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (FLV) – Attorney General Ashley Moody is demanding information regarding whether a Biden administration program used taxpayer money to buy crack pipes for drug addicts.
Moody is taking the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to court due to withheld information.
“If Biden is using your tax dollars to buy crack pipes for drug addicts, you have the right to know,” Moody said. “Our country is in the grips of a drug overdose crisis, and the Biden administration is stonewalling our requests and keeping the public in the dark about so many misguided, reckless policies. We are taking them to court to get answers for the American people.”
In February 2022, Florida sent Freedom of Information Act requests to the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services seeking records regarding the alleged use of federal grant funds to promote drug use through safe smoking kits in which some were reportedly found to include crack pipes and other drug-related paraphernalia.
According to reports, kits obtained from five major U.S. cities including Baltimore, Boston, New York, Richmond and Washington, D.C. contained crack pipes.
Kits available from a harm-reduction center located blocks away from the U.S. Capitol and two elementary schools also contained drug paraphernalia.
The U.S. is experiencing record drug overdose deaths, while the federal government is deepening the record-high national debt. Drug overdose deaths topped 100,000 in 2021, and the U.S. is currently more than $31 trillion in debt.
The state of Florida filed a Freedom of Information Act request for access to federal records regarding this program in February 2022. Now, more than a year later, the agencies are still hiding the records and have not responded to the request, according to Moody’s office.
Moody is taking this legal action to make DOJ and HHS provide relevant information regarding this federal program.
