Russia sentences teacher and former U.S. diplomat to 14 years in prison for travelling with medical cannabis

Previously employed at the U.S. embassy in Moscow, the man was working as an English teacher at the time of his arrest.

He reportedly attempted to enter the country with 17 grams of medical cannabis, which had been prescribed by his doctor in the U.S. following spinal surgery, reportsThis advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.reported he pleaded guilty to smuggling, storing, transporting, manufacturing and processing narcotic drugs and was sentenced to serve his prison term at a maximum-security penal colony.

“He insists that it was medical marijuana and claims that a doctor prescribed it to him in the United States, which is allegedly confirmed by an entry in the medical record,” Alexander Khurudzhi, a member of a Moscow Human Rights Committee, reportedly told Interfax last December, perThe sentence arrives as Griner’s detention enters its fourth month.

In April, Russia released former U.S. Marine Trevor Reed after he had been detained in the country for almost three years. Reed had been convicted of allegedly endangering the lives of two police officers during a visit to Moscow. While Reed’s release spurred some hope that Griner’s case could soon be resolved since then few details regarding her detention have been released.

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