They may be illegal but why should the government subsidize the illegal behavior. Is that not counter productive?
Welfare for druggies promotes illegal behavior as does food stamps and subsidized housing. It gives them money to spend on drugs and the money they make through illegal...
Isn't putting limits on what they can "buy" with food stamps encouraging them to get off the dole? We make it way to easy to sit on you ass and collect free food money and rent.
Perhaps if we limit it to only really healthy food they would find the energy to get off the couch and work for...