A reporter who quit her job live on air in protest of Alaska's marijuana laws is facing decades in jail for running a cannabis club.

Charlo Greene revealed herself to be the owner and operator of the Alaska Cannabis Club during a live broadcast for KVTA in September 2014.

She dedicated herself to campaigning for the legalization of marijuana across the state, celebrating in February 2015 when it became legal for adults.

The 28-year-old is now however facing jail as police accuse her of running the club, which matches medical marijuana cardholders with others, before the law change.

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Charlo Greene quit her job as a KVTCA reporter on air in September 2014 (above) in protest of Alaska's then anti-marijuana laws. She is now facing jail for drug possession

The 28-year-old (pictured recently) founded the Alaska Cannabis Club in April 2014 - six months before the state legalized the drug

Anchorage Police Department raided the club twice last year, checking patients' medical marijuana cards and the amounts they were carrying.

The law in Alaska states that anyone aged 21 and older may now legally possess up to one ounce of the drug and grow as many as six plants at home.

Greene has been accused of 14 charges of drug possession relating to her activity within the Alaska Cannabis Club before marijuana became legal.

The charges carry a maximum combined penalty of 54 years imprisonment after police raided the club on two occasions last year.

'I just found out I'm facing an additional 6 felonies - 30 more years,' she told Facebook fans last week after having her original eight charges increased.

'That 54 years in prison for a plant ,' (sic) she wrote.

The Alaska Cannabis Club was founded on April 20, 2014, six months before the state voted to legalise the drug.

Greene faces 10 felony and four misdemeanor charges as a result.

The activist is pleading with followers to help her case, asking them to donate towards her legal costs with an online donations page.

'I need your help to fight back,' she said.

In September 2014, Greene was presenting a news segment about the club on KVTA when she revealed herself as the owner.

Greene pleaded with Facebook followers to donate towards her legal costs, sharing a link to an online donations page on Thursday

The former reporter dedicated herself to legalizing the drug after quitting journalism

Greene founded the Alaska Cannabis Club, which matches medical marijuana cardholders with one another, six months before the drug was legalized

She pleaded with pro-marijuana voters to back her cause, claiming she had been 'abandoned by the people' she fought for

'Now everything you heard is why I, the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, will be dedicating all of my energy for fighting for freedom and fairness which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska.

'And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, f*** it, I quit,' she said.

Since being arrested, she has described her case as a 'modern day lynching', urging Alaskans who voted to legalize the drug to rally behind her.

'More than 100 million people around the world watched me quit and of the now 4,000 members of the Alaska Cannabis Club we’ve served to date, there was literally only one person [at the first court date] to support me,' she told High Times, an online publication dedicated to information about cannabis.