A bill facing its first hearing next week in the state Senate would add marijuana businesses and strip clubs to the list of Colorado businesses where electronic benefits cards — called EBTs — can't be used to withdraw cash. Liquor stores, casinos and gun shops already have such limitations. Marble's bill failed last year amid concerns that because pot shops are concentrated in poor neighborhoods, dispensary ATMs may be the closest source of cash for people without a bank. http://news.yahoo.com/colorado-considers-ban-welfare-cards-184126226.html
I thought EBTs were to be used to buy "essentials". Does that include pot and strip clubs now? Are pot shops really concentrated in poor neighborhoods? Isn't pot relatively expensive?
California had a story where folks were using EBT cards in strip clubs and casinos at one point. So I'm not surprised. But there's no fraud. Ricter tells us so.