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Officials blast marijuana initiative: 'What's next, whorehouses?'


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Editor's Note: Comparing marijuana legalization to prostitution? Really?


A ballot initiative to legalize marijuana and create a for-profit industry was ripped yesterday by some of Ohio’s top elected officials, who called it “outrageous” and a “stupid idea” to create a dangerous constitutional monopoly.

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“I don’t know (if) I’ve ever seen a worse idea than this,” Secretary of State Jon Husted said at a Columbus forum sponsored by the Associated Press.

Auditor Dave Yost called it “outrageous we are creating business monopolies by ballot issues. ... What’s next, 12 monopolies for whorehouses in the 12 largest counties?”

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