Lawmakers Moving to Ban Use of Welfare Money at Pot Dispensaries

According to this article, republican lawmakers plan to introduce a legislation to prevent the misuse of welfare money to purchase marijuana.  I completely agree with this article.  Welfare money is provided through the hard-working, taxpaying citizens of the United States.  Their hard-earned money should not be being spent on their pleasures.  Welfare is provided to people who do not have an income large enough to sustain their basic needs.  Marijuana has been passed for both medical and recreational use.  Medically prescribed marijuana would not require welfare money to buy the medical marijuana.  This means that welfare money would be used to buy recreational marijuana.  "Last year, Colorado lawmakers passed a bill prohibiting access to welfare benefits at casinos, gun shops, bars, and liquor stores."  Due to the fact that welfare is not able to be used to purchase other recreational items, welfare money should not be used on recreational marijuana use either.  According to KDVR.com, at least 19 different dispensaries allowed electronic benefits withdrawals inside their pot shops in within one week in January alone.  With pot shops still becoming a new thing, this number will continue to increase as more and more customers start to experiment with recreational marijuana.  This could mean more people on welfare using their benefits money to purchase pot.  This needs to stop before it becomes any worse.