Metro ad for Marijuana miffs lawmaker.

An Oklahoma lawmaker is seeking to to slice $92,500 from the federal government's annual payment to Metro because he is angry that the transit agency accepted advertising from a nonprofit group that wants to decriminalize marijuana.

The ad (read more to see it) shows a man carrying his blond girlfriend on a beach, with he caption: "Enjoy better sex! Legalize and Tax Marijuana."

Rep. Ernest J. Istook Jr called the ad "shocking" and said the Metro had "exercised the poorest possible judgment, so I must assure that [Metro] will learn the proper lessons from this experience and will only accept appropriate ads in the future."
Istook's proposal would cut twice that amount from Metro's budget "as a warning to other transit agencies."

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The Washington Post reports.