Just use your card

Food stamp fraud was supposed to be eliminated with Electronic Benefits Cards (EBT) replacing the old paper coupons that were issued.

But even the modern day plastic cards can double as currency for drug dealers who will trade almost anything for their product.

Shady businesses and drug dealers will buy electronic benefits cards for half the amount loaded onto the card. From there, people use the cash to buy drugs, according to Eric Wolf, agent in charge with the Ohio Investigative Unit, which investigates food stamp fraud.

142 stores in Ohio have been permanently disqualified for food stamp fraud in the past 5 years -- a number that probably doesn't even begin to scratch the surface.

Just a dozen states require drug testing for food stamp recipients according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Ohio isn't one of them. Ohio allows convicted drug offenders to obtain food assistance, and recent efforts to require drug testing in welfare benefits have not passed.