house Bill H.R. 2331
No Food Stamps for Pot
Argument in favor
Aids in preventing misuse of assistance funds. Reinforces existing USDA guidelines in regard to what is or is not eligible for SNAP benefits.
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08/23/2015
Really? How stupid to even THINK buying pot with Food Stamps is acceptable. Idiots.
10/13/2015
Food stamps shouldn't be going towards pot, it should be going towards more essential needs.
08/07/2015
Food stamps are for food. You can't buy any other non food item with this why should they with this.
Argument opposed
It is impossible to use SNAP benefits to purchase legal marijuana (see below). As TANF funds provide cash, regulation would be difficult.
08/26/2015
No drug dealers accept food stamps, and one cannot use SNAP to pay for cannabis in legal states. Passing unnecessary legislation to fight a statistically non-existent problem.
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01/10/2016
Of course, welfare shouldn't be used to buy pot, however this bill would attempt to deter a CASH purchase of pot. See what a can of worms that opens? No, thank you. Just provide welfare on an electronic card only. Solved.
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06/18/2015
The cost of drug testing would fall exceed the cost of food stamps to pot users. Also, only the children of these pot users would suffer. Is that what we want? to starve children?
Really? How stupid to even THINK buying pot with Food Stamps is acceptable. Idiots.
No drug dealers accept food stamps, and one cannot use SNAP to pay for cannabis in legal states. Passing unnecessary legislation to fight a statistically non-existent problem.
Of course, welfare shouldn't be used to buy pot, however this bill would attempt to deter a CASH purchase of pot. See what a can of worms that opens? No, thank you. Just provide welfare on an electronic card only. Solved.
The cost of drug testing would fall exceed the cost of food stamps to pot users. Also, only the children of these pot users would suffer. Is that what we want? to starve children?
Food stamps are for food. You can't buy any other non food item with this why should they with this.
Food stamps shouldn't be going towards pot, it should be going towards more essential needs.
it is possible you will harm the innocent with the users. its time to end the war on drugs. it is only a war on the american people and supports for profits jails and prisons, which should have never existed in the 1st place, this war helps no one, it has done far more harm to america than drugs ever could have. END THE WAR ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, ONCE AND FOR ALL! other countries have and seen declines in hard drug usage. it is in human and anti american. its time to get government out of addiction and let doctors handle it!
If there is even a remote chance food assistance funding could be misused to purchase legal marijuana, we must step in to prevent it now. If there is a way to manipulate the system, someone will certainly find it. Let's take appropriate precautions now.
No. The justifiable use is Medical use which should be covered by Medicaid.
Food stamps should be limited the the things that can be bought with the WIC program.
Pot is illegal on the federal level. Send all potheads to jail and confiscate everything they own
How could that be, its s controlled substance. Just like liquor.
If they need it and are on food stamps it should be given to them free
Unless you make it impossible for SNAP recipients to get much needed cash there is no way to enforce this.
This seems more like an excuse to regulate and monitor cash transactions (as dubious as that sounds).
With marijuana legalization sweeping the country, this shouldn't even be an issue. How is something that is becoming legalized going to negatively affect your access to benefits?
Yo, like, ah, no way, man! A guy's gotta eat more vegetables and fiber. My EBT is, like, my lifeline, man. Don't Bogart that that stalk. Like wow!
Seriously? Food stamps buy too wide a range of items already. Pot isn't a food.