The EBT card is for lottery tickets, weed and heroin.
You are seeing what I see. Every convenience store in Nashville and it’s suburbs has signs that say “EBT Accepted Here” or words to that effect. One store here has 4-5 stacks of each and every $5 and $10 scratch off ticket sold in this state. I see them lined up 8-10 at a time around the first week of each month throwing cash away like toilet paper. They all talk about winning $500 or more. I see every item except cigarettes bought with EBT. Even beer is bought in convenience stores. The gas pumps say EBT. I do not know if they use them there though? Yes, I see large packs of ribeye steaks and other steaks bought by the same folks at a Kroger’s nearby. Funny, they don’t use Publix.