DENVER – Taxpayers, without knowing it, apparently are buying marijuana for some welfare recipients now that the drug is legal in Colorado.

And taking out welfare money at weed dispensary ATMs isn’t even against state law.

At least $12,000 has been withdrawn at ATMs in the state’s marijuana dispensaries in the past two years using electronic benefit transfer (ETB) cards, a state database shows.

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Authored by Arthur Kane