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The campaign against State Question 820 focused on the criminal ramifications of legalizing marijuana as well as how the drug contributes to the state’s mental health crisis. It was led by former Oklahoma Republican Gov. Frank Keating and Terri White, the former head of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt and most of the state’s GOP officials opposed the referendum. Monday, in the lead-up to the vote, Keating made a simple argument: “We don’t want a stoned society.”

We don't want a government that makes that decision for us, either. One could say, "We don't want a drunk society," but Prohibition was tried and failed.