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Alaska's KTVA news reporter Charlo Greene has left viewers in shock after she quit her job on live TV. Greene was running a story on the Alaska Cannabis club, a club which is currently campaigning to legalise marijuana use in Alaska. At the end of her report, Greene revealed that she was infact the club's owner and will be devoting herself to the efforts of getting a yes vote to legalise the drug in the state. She then subsequently announced that she will quit her current job, muttered a profanity and walked off camera leaving the main anchor stunned. A fundraiser was set up in the club's name to raise money for the campaign. So far the money donated has reached close to $11,000. Greene initially asked for $5,000. The vote is set to take place on the 4th of November. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (JA) ImmaWarEagle from youtube.com comments If multiple people going on shooting rampages and killing hundreds (if not thousands) of innocent people (including elementary schools) won't get the U.S. to have a serious conversation about gun laws, do you REALLY think her swearing and quitting on live TV will get us talking about pot?! (QD) futureboy from indiegogo.com comments Good for you! Let's ensure Alaska votes YES this November! We could potentially have 4 states and DC completely legal in 40 days: go liberty! (FA) concow from dailymail.co.uk comments If your ambition in life is to justify your next fix to yourself and the rest of the world, you might just be a pot advocate. Long live liberty. Notes: • One study found that youth (12 to 17 years old) who use marijuana are 85 times more likely to use cocaine than kids who do not use pot, and that 60% of the kids who smoke pot before the age of 15 move on to cocaine. • Because a tolerance builds up, marijuana can lead users to consume stronger drugs to achieve the same high. When the effects start to wear off, the person may turn to more potent drugs to rid himself of the unwanted conditions that caused him to take marijuana in the first place. Marijuana itself does not lead the person to the other drugs; people take drugs to get rid of unwanted situations or feelings. The drug (marijuana) masks the problem for a time (while the user is high). When the "high" fades, the problem, unwanted condition or situation returns more intensely than before. The user may then turn to stronger drugs since marijuana no longer "works." • Marijuana is sometimes combined with harder drugs. Joints are sometimes dipped in PCP, a powerful hallucinogen. PCP is a white powder, also available in liquid form, often used with cannabis. PCP is known for causing violent behavior and creating severe physical reactions including seizures, coma and even death. The harmful effects of marijuana: • The immediate effects of taking marijuana include rapid heart beat, disorientation, lack of physical coordination, often followed by depression or sleepiness. Some users suffer panic attacks or anxiety. • But the problem does not end there. According to scientific studies, the active ingredient in cannabis, THC, remains in the body for weeks or longer. • Marijuana smoke contains 50% to 70% more cancer-causing substances than tobacco smoke. One major research study reported that a single cannabis joint could cause as much damage to the lungs as up to five regular cigarettes smoked one after another. Long-time joint smokers often suffer from bronchitis, an inflammation of the respiratory tract. • The drug can affect more than your physical health. Studies in Australia in 2008 linked years of heavy marijuana use to brain abnormalities. This is backed up by earlier research on the long-term effects of marijuana, which indicate changes in the brain similar to those caused by long-term abuse of other major drugs. And a number of studies have shown a connection between continued marijuana use and psychosis. • Charlo Greene's campaign has so far raised around $10,000. More than the initial $5,000 she requested. • On her site she states: I'm Charlo Greene, the president and CEO of the Alaska Cannabis Club - Alaska's only legal medical marijuana resource. I just quit my news reporting job on live TV to announce that I am redirecting all of my energy toward helping to end a failed drug policy that has ruined the lives of far too many Americans. • As a member of the media, I've seen the dirty campaign tricks and lies that prohibitionists have been using over the past several months to sway Alaskan voters firsthand. Here's the sad thing: it's working. Polling shows the majority of Alaskans, who were in favor of the initiative at the start of the year, are now against it. • Her campaign started on Sep 22 and will close on October 07, 2014 • Marijuana is legal in Colorado and Washington • Her neighbor has taken a restraining order out against her after 'she smoked so much weed the fumes seeped through walls and made his child ill' (JA) Vick Varnadore from youtube.com comments Weed shouldn't be illegal if tobacco, alcohol, and prescription opiates are legal. It's a plant and by comparison to what it does to your brain vs alcohol, it's FAR safer. Ever heard of anyone OD'ing off weed?? Nope. Ever heard of anyone dying from Advil? Yup... How many people die each year from all the chemicals put into tobacco? Way toooo much money is spent trying to stop weed. If it was legal and taxed, look how much money our country could make, I don't think crack, meth, heroin, or any of that other crap should be legal. Do I think opium should be legal? Yes, but regulated as it's better for you than all the synthesized opiates used in pain meds. (QD) jaken40to50 from indiegogo.com comments Charlo Greene, What you did was legendary. If only more smokers in every day society were not afraid to make the same stand, then legalization