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Old 12-09-2022, 08:25 AM
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The facts - Griner was arrested by Russian officials in an airport near Moscow on February 17, 2022, for drug smuggling after they allegedly found less than a gram of cannabis oil in her luggage. Griner had a prescription for medical marijuana from her doctor,
Ahh, those pesky facts. Yet, you cannot conflate U.S. laws with Russian laws. The fact that she had a prescription for her drugs in the U.S. means nothing under Russian law. The real facts are: she broke Russian law. She got caught. She was tried, convicted and sentenced in the Russian system. Then, she got used as a pawn in a much larger game.