An amazing combination of real life circumstances when a WNBA All-Star "packed too fast and got caught at a Russian airport security check
Russian expert at Griner’s trial discusses medical cannabis
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — The drug trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian court focused Tuesday on testimony that cannabis, while illegal in Russia, is regarded in other countries as having legitimate medicinal use.
Griner acknowledged in court earlier this month that she was carrying vape canisters containing cannabis oil when she was arrested in February at a Moscow airport. But she contends she had no criminal intent and that the canisters ended up in her luggage inadvertently because of hasty packing.
“We are not arguing that Brittney took it here as a medicine. We are still saying that she involuntarily brought it here because she was in a rush,” defense attorney Alexander Boykov said after the hearing.
Another member of Griner’s defense team previously submitted a U.S. doctor’s letter
recommending the basketball player use medical cannabis to treat pain.
During Tuesday’s court session, a Russian neuropsychologist testified
about worldwide use of medicinal cannabis. “The Russian public has to know, and the Russian court in the first
place has to know, that it was not used for recreational purposes in the
United States. It was prescribed by a doctor,” lawyer Boykov said."
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