Brittney Griner, the statuesque basketball player from Houston, Texas, is in the news as her trial for drug possession begins in Russia. I do not care to speculate as to the reasons Griner chose to break Russian law by packing vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage. I would think that anyone traveling outside the United States would be conscious of the fact that many other countries, like our own, have strict drug laws. Unlike the United States, many other countries enforce their drug laws without reference to race, ethnicity, creed, orientation, or any of the myriad factors that offenders use in America to get a slap on the wrist. Possession of cannabis in Russia can carry a ten-year prison sentence, and that means ten years in prison, not a few months and then paroled for good behavior.
