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colorado_ufo

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9. This should be a cautionary tale for athletes

Reply to IronLionZion (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 15, 2022, 01:11 PM

Jul 2022

who want to extend their playing season by playing for Russia. It is too easy for them to become political pawns and too difficult to extract themselves from the situation.

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Brittney Griner Had Prescription for Drug She Brought to Russia, Lawyers Say [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2022 OP

first, this is russia, they don't care..... getagrip_already Jul 2022 #1

Didn't she enter the country with it, but was she stopped on entry or on exit? TheBlackAdder Jul 2022 #17

Why do I think she was leaving the country when she was stopped...... secondwind Jul 2022 #18

One or two reports said she was leaving, but most say arriving muriel_volestrangler Jul 2022 #19

Doesn't matter... Chicago1980 Jul 2022 #2

Medical Marijuana is a thing in some states. maxsolomon Jul 2022 #7

Soem states have both rec and medical obamanut2012 Jul 2022 #10

This is the sentencing phase. Accident AND prescription, logically Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2022 #12

Just get it over with. The only questions are maxsolomon Jul 2022 #3

So what? They'd just make something else up. oldsoftie Jul 2022 #4

That doesn't even fly here in states where cannabis isn't yet legal ripcord Jul 2022 #5

Her real crime is being American IronLionZion Jul 2022 #6

This should be a cautionary tale for athletes colorado_ufo Jul 2022 #9

And this is relevant to Russian law - how? harumph Jul 2022 #8

At least I hope that wil make people to stop arguing that she was framed. LisaL Jul 2022 #11

not framed - railroaded..... getagrip_already Jul 2022 #13

Yes it's a crime in Russia. LisaL Jul 2022 #14

Poor people still go to prison in America for hash/mj questionseverything Jul 2022 #15

Like most everything else in America.....f'd up. walkingman Jul 2022 #20

Apparently in Russia moniss Jul 2022 #16