ban on soda using food stamps

The purpose of food stamps is to buy food. They are meant to help people who cant afford to buy foods. Though you cannot buy cigarettes, beer, and liquor with them you buy pretty much every food product out there. Soda is linked to diabetes and obesity due to its high sugar and high calorie content and it is not neccessary for the body. So i agree with the first author Anemona Hartocollus, even though people should limit their sugary beverage intake we should not make a full out ban on buying the products with food stamps. At the end of the day food stamps are practically money and its up to the person to decide how to use them. Telling people what they cant or cant buy...