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Southern Utah sheriff’s office shares anti-marijuana video, urges residents to vote ‘no’ on ballot initiative in possible election-law violation

The video opens on an image of Idaho pine trees and deep blue mountains, followed by wholesome images of Friday night football, Saturday morning baseball, and bikers and kayakers enjoying a pristine natural landscape as instrumental music swells in the background.

But suddenly, the scene changes. A coarse male voice says, “You guys like to smoke weed, right?” and the screen fills with smoke, images of marijuana leaves and of babies and old women smoking from bongs.

Over the past few weeks, a number of rural county sheriff’s offices and at least one city police department have shared a link to the hour-long anti-marijuana documentary from DrugFree Idaho on their government Facebook pages — posts that may violate election law.