A 32-year-old, two-time Olympian, Brittney Griner was originally detained at the Moscow airport in after authorities found vape cartridges with hash oil in her luggage. Russia has some of the most draconian drug laws in the world, and penalties for carrying even small amounts of recreational drugs can be severe.

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Women’s basketball star Brittney Griner is currently working on a memoir, scheduled for release next spring, that details her harrowing experience of being held captive in a Russian prison.

Griner, who was playing for a Russian women’s team during the WNBA offseason, was arrested at Moscow’s airport in February 2022 and detained for nearly 10 months after officials found cannabis oil in her luggage.

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