--- title: TV Reporter Quits on TV Admits She Owns Alaska Medical Marijuana Club description: The announcement left her fellow anchors dazed and confused canonical: https://time.com/3418296/reporter-quits-live-tv-after-revealing-she-owns-marijuana-club/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-22T14:21:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:22.159Z og:title: Reporter Quits On Live TV After Revealing That She Owns a Marijuana Club og:description: The announcement left her fellow anchors dazed and confused og:url: https://time.com/3418296/reporter-quits-live-tv-after-revealing-she-owns-marijuana-club/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefd4ac62cf999bd2/6986a48dcd804d8c4accce52/screen-shot-2014-09-22-at-9-56-19-am.png?branch=production&width=999&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 999 og:image:height: 562 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-09-22 at 9.56.19 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Reporter Quits On Live TV After Revealing That She Owns a Marijuana Club twitter:description: The announcement left her fellow anchors dazed and confused twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltefd4ac62cf999bd2/6986a48dcd804d8c4accce52/screen-shot-2014-09-22-at-9-56-19-am.png?branch=production&width=999&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Reporter Quits On Live TV After Revealing That She Owns a Marijuana Club > Sponsored content. 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Charlo Greene, a reporter for KTVA-TV in Anchorage, Alaska, revealed that she’s the owner of the [Alaska Cannabis Club](http://www.akcannabisclub.com/), a business that connects medical marijuana cardholders in need of ganj with medical marijuana cardholders in possession of ganj. In the above clip (which contains a bit of NSFW language) Greene says she will be dedicating all her energy toward “fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska.” Then she adds, “And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice, but f–k it. I quit.” The station soon apologized [on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ktva11/posts/10152275037112511): --- > “” --- Now we’re left with just one question: can someone really be “terminated” after saying “F–k it, I quit?” Greene herself also took to social media on Monday to explain herself. She shared the following video on the Alaska Cannabis Club’s YouTube page to offer more insight into her decision to quit, to debunk myths about marijuana legalization and to share her passion for the cause: Greene also created an [IndieGogo page](https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/alaska-cannabis-club-s-freedom-fairness-fight) to raise money for marijuana reform and advocacy. 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