First let me say that I hope any American Russia is holding gets released. But I do watch a lot of the news and have seen everyone from her family to her attorney to her wife interviewed and I have yet to see a single one of them claim she was innocent on the drug charges. I would think if any of them knew or strongly felt it was a lie and that she didn't have them, they would be shouting it to high heaven. Sometimes what people don't say speaks as loudly as what they do say.
Now as far as drugs go, I no longer use any of them. I use to not only smoke weed but drink. I don't anymore and haven't for several years. I'm not opposed to an occasional beer or two but haven't had such an occasion since the last time I saw GM. That too was years ago. As for everyone else I'm not a person who thinks just because I quit doing something everyone else should also. I enjoyed my party days and simply stopped because I lost the desire to do so. Everyone should have a choice to drink, smoke weed or anything else as long as they do it in a manner that does not endanger others.
But as much as I hope she gets released, it was her own actions that created the situation. I grew up in the 70's. Yep, I'm old. But when I was growing up the weed laws varied a lot from state to state. Just crossing a state line could change having a joint from a small fine to a possible prison sentence. If you were traveling, you damned well better know the laws.
What she was supposedly caught with was a very small amount. In my personal opinion it's nothing that should command such a stiff sentence. But that doesn't change the fact that one of two things happened here. She was either ignorant of their laws or she just didn't care. Neither of those are good things.
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