Food stamps at pot shops banned under Colo. bill

AP ^ | 1-10-14 | KRISTEN WYATT

[dynachrome]

DENVER (AP) -- Food stamps for a pot brownie? It's an urban myth in Colorado, but state lawmakers want to make sure that doesn't happen.

A bill proposed this week by several Republicans would add marijuana dispensaries to liquor stores, gun shops and casinos as places where recipients of public assistance payments and food stamps can't use their electronic benefits cards to access cash.

There haven't been any reports of public EBT cards being used at marijuana dispensaries. But lawmakers say pot shops should be added to the law to make clear it's not legal.

[dynachrome]

My guess it has already been tried and worked. Lasagna? brownies? cookies? All sorts of food offered laced with pot.

[dynachrome]

and pingy here

[Vince Ferrer]

Just buy food with your EBT card, sell it for cash, then take the cash to buy pot, just like people have been doing for decades.

[dynachrome]

Yup. drugs or booze.

[madprof98]

That is just plain MEAN! The ACLU needs to get on this case at once.

[icwhatudo]

Yawn-what BS. EBT cards are now able to be used for cash. They will go to the ATM outside and buy their drugs inside thanks to the American taxpayer. Get up early and work hard folks, there are millions laying on couches counting on you!

[St.Mark]

Colorado has not been the same since this “legalization” mess came about. I live in Colorado and have for 59 years. Colorado reminds me of California more and more. I drove by one of the pot dispenseraries and there was a line of 70 people deep.

[Right Wing Assault]

All pot buyers will get increases on the EBT card to cover their munchies.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Absolutely racist. Disgraceful. Why, they might just as well hose people down with firehoses from hydrants and sic attack dogs on them.

[Gunslingr3]

Just buy food with your EBT card, sell it for cash, then take the cash to buy pot, just like people have been doing for decades.

No, silly, you sell the EBT card (at a discount) and then you get a replacement.

Why go through the hassle of doing someone else's grocery shopping?

[Seaplaner]

One assumes that all welfare rats know how to work around this rather easily, and will be smoking marijuana, generously supported by the taxpayer in no time.

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[aynrandfreak]

Must be the Koch brothers behind this. They’ve been to Colorado before!

[smoothsailing]

Unfair food discrimination. Pot is a vegetable.

[dynachrome]

heh. I like your screen name.

[Bullish]

Now hows de heck dey gonna get deys buzz?

[greene66]

My true and heartfelt sympathies. I’ve always loved your state. Drove through and visited often, always taking time out to enjoy the westerny history and heritage.

Seeing it become a repository of liberal, gun-grabbing, dopehead filth really makes me want to vomit.

[tet68]

My god, what’s next, Doritos??

[Vesparado]

So ... they’re prepared to drug test everybody who has an EBT card?

[dynachrome]

Stay out of the Denver-Boulder axis of evil and still a very nice state. Out voted by the obozobots in the big cities.

[CrazyIvan]

It's not their business if your salad if flammable!