EXPOSED: O’Keefe Uncovers California Smoke Shops Selling Banned Kratom, With Clerks Attempting to Process Purchases Using Government-Funded EBT Benefits as “Groceries” or EBT Cash
The clerk in San Diego stated, “They banned it for good. So tomorrow is the last day. You have to remove every single piece [of kratom]. If they got you with this [kratom], it’s a felony. That’s a big-time felony.”
At a Los Angeles store, an undercover journalist asked, “You ran it as groceries right?” The clerk nodded yes, confirming the attempted purchase was categorized as an EBT grocery transaction.
At another LA smoke shop, a clerk asked, “Can $7 be EBT cash?” before another clerk responded, “Yeah, I think so. EBT cash.”
EXPOSED: O’Keefe Uncovers California Smoke Shops Selling Banned Kratom, With Clerks Attempting to Process Purchases Using Government-Funded EBT Benefits as “Groceries” or EBT Cash
The clerk in San Diego stated, “They banned it for good. So tomorrow is the last day. You have to remove every single piece [of kratom]. If they got you with this [kratom], it’s a felony. That’s a big-time felony.”
At a Los Angeles store, an undercover journalist asked, “You ran it as groceries right?” The clerk nodded yes, confirming the attempted purchase was categorized as an EBT grocery transaction.
At another LA smoke shop, a clerk asked, “Can $7 be EBT cash?” before another clerk responded, “Yeah, I think so. EBT cash.”