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Reporter Says “Fuck It, I Quit” Live On-Air, Leaves To Campaign For Legalised Marijuana

"Why are Americans arrested every 37 seconds? Marijuana?"

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There’s quitting your job, and then there’s quitting your job live on-air while simultaneously outing yourself as the person behind a pro-cannabis movement that you’ve just finished reporting on. That’s how Charlene Egbe, until very recently a reporter with Alaska’s KTVA TV station, decided to go out.

Egbe outed herself as the person behind the Alaska Cannabis Club, an organisation that links up people in need of medical marijuana with people who can supply it. She’s quickly capitalised on her famous exit interview with a campaign to raise money towards the legalisation of marijuana entirely, and makes several pretty salient points in a follow-up video.

Damn. You go, lady.