# WNBA player Russian custody. Why should I care? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 9, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wnba-player-russian-custody-why-should-i-care/967674 "2022-07-09T18:13:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wnba-player-russian-custody-why-should-i-care/967674/1 "2022-07-09T18:13:17Z")
[Brittany Griner, a WNBA player,](https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/07/europe/brittney-griner-russia-pleads-guilty/index.html) is in Russian custody for a drug offense. Apparently she travelled to Russia with a small amount of cannabis oil in her luggage. She claims it was unintentional - the result of packing hurriedly. She has now pled guilty, and there is talk of a prisoner exchange between Russia and the US. I’ve seen several news articles quite sympathetic to Griner. Explain to me what I’m missing. She DID bring drugs into Russia, and got caught. Now US policy is supposed to be tweaked to get her out? Maybe instead Americans should realize the importance of either not going to hostile countries, or if they wish to, keeping their drugs at home. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wnba-player-russian-custody-why-should-i-care/967674/2 "2022-07-09T18:13:52Z")
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**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wnba-player-russian-custody-why-should-i-care/967674/3 "2022-07-09T18:16:29Z")
Please let me know if you would like this reopened in the Pit. It is not suitable for GD and looks far more like a rant. Optionally, you can try this again, a little less ranty in IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wnba-player-russian-custody-why-should-i-care/967674/4 "2022-07-09T21:46:25Z")
I forgot to link to the new guidance, it would probably be helpful. > [@Revised policy on rants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revised-policy-on-rants/965516): > > Rants - impassioned tirades about whatever is bugging you - should go in the Pit. In the past, rants posted in other forums were routinely moved to the Pit, sometimes to the consternation of the OP. To avoid that problem, we’re changing our policy: Rants started in forums other than the Pit will be closed and the OP notified. If the OP so requests, the rant will be moved to the Pit and reopened. Mods will attempt to prevent threads in non-Pit forums from degenerating into rants or flamefes…