Several non-profit organizations that distribute crack pipes as part of smoking kits received Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Daily Caller analysis of loan filings found.
The Daily Caller identified eight organizations that received PPP loans and distribute kits with pipe components or a fully assembled smoking device. Those organizations received more than $5 million in PPP loans during the pandemic, including two organizations that received more than $1 million each. The federal government distributed $800 billion in PPP loans during the pandemic, with the majority going to business owners, shareholders, creditors, and suppliers, according to Investopedia.
Seattle’s Downtown Emergency Service Center, a nonprofit organization that conducts outreach to the city’s homeless population, received $1,900,000 in PPP loans in 2021. The organization has distributed “[three] kinds of glass” to patients, who can “get one kind of each pipe a week,” according to materials shared in its shelter and reported on by radio host Jason Rantz.
DESC did not respond to the Daily Caller’s request for comment for this story.
The San Francisco AIDS Foundation, an organization founded in 1984, received $1,815,000 in PPP loans in 2020. The group distributes materials such as aluminum foil, pipe covers, and brillo that can be used to create pipes. It also participates in a pipe and syringe program at San Francisco General Hospital, the drug advocacy magazine Filter reported.
If there were any real journalists here
They would uncover the fact that there were many loans given to people who did not deserve it
Guarantee the manufacturers are democrats
think Hunter gets .50 for every pipe distributed
SHOULD BE ILLEGAL !!!!! Give 5 Million to the Animal Shelters !!!!!
Or to homeless people. Or Veterans, or any other GOOD cause.