“”The Food (”SNAP”) benefits can not be legally used to purchase those items or services,””
Correct.
Not legally.
And not all benefits are “SNAP.”
http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/dailyrft/2014/05/gravois_smoke_shop_let_custome.php
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jun/24/local/la-me-welfare-casinos-20100624
http://www.wfsb.com/story/20085789/state-issued-debit-cards-used-at-atms-at-bars-casinos-strip-clubs
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I’m aware TANF can be involved. You made a deliberately abstruse claim that food benefits can be used to purchase those items, which is false.