Charlo Greene, the former Alaska news anchor who quit live on-air after admitting she was the owner of a pot shop called Alaska Cannabis Club, is now facing 24 years in prison with eight charges of “misconduct involving a controlled substance.”

Alaska became the third state to legalize marijuana, in November 2014, which was two months after Greene’s on-air resignation. The legalization didn’t go in effect until February 2015, and between those months, cops raided Greene’s cannabis club twice and made six undercover purchases, allowing them to charge her with “serious criminal offenses.”

In an interview with The Guardian, Greene said, “It’s almost dizzying when you try to make sense of it. It could literally cost me the rest of my adult life.” Continue reading →