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☆ U.S. basketball star Griner's lawyer tells Russian court her 9-year term is excessive, seeks acquittal
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Boies | Hausfeld Among Law Firms Reaping | Mln Windfall In Blue Cross Antitrust Case | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KRASNOGORSK, Russia, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A lawyer for U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner on Tuesday told judges hearing her appeal that her nine-year jail sentence for possession and smuggling of drugs in the form of a vape cartridge was excessive, and asked the court to acquit her. "The punishment imposed on Griner does not correspond to the gravity of the crime," Maria Blagovolina said. "Nine years in prison is a sentence that contradicts judicial practice." Three judges were presiding over the court in Krasnogorsk near Moscow, while Griner was taking part via video link from a detention centre in the town of Novoye Grishino, just outside Moscow. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Filipp Lebedev and Olesya Astakhova; Writing by Kevin Liffey; Editing by Mark TrevelyanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Russian court will hear Brittney Griner's appeal Tuesday as WNBA star tries to trim 9-year sentence
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Amanda Macias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON — A Russian court will hear WNBA star Brittney Griner's appeal on Tuesday after the American athlete was convicted on drug charges earlier this year. "She hopes there will be some reduction in her sentence," Maria Blagovolina, Griner's lawyer, told Andrea Mitchell of NBC News, adding the 32-year-old athlete will appear in court via video conference. Griner, who plays professional basketball in Russia during the WNBA offseason, was arrested in February after Russian authorities found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage at Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. Her lawyers said Griner only uses cannabis medically and unintentionally packed the cannabis canisters in her suitcase because the professional athlete was in a hurry. Under Russian law, the charge carried a penalty of up to 10 years in prison.

☆ U.S. basketball star Griner's Russian appeal hearing adjourned until 1000 GMT
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner appears on a creen via video link from the detention centre before a court hearing to consider an appeal against her prison sentence, in Krasnogorsk, Moscow Region, Russia October 25, 2022. REUTERS/Evgenia NovozheninaKRASNOGORSK, Russia, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday began hearing an appeal by U.S. WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner against her conviction and nine-year jail sentence for possession and smuggling of drugs, but promptly adjourned for two hours at her lawyers' request. They had previously said they expected a decision on Griner's appeal to be issued later on Tuesday, shortly after the hearing. Elizabeth Rood, the U.S. chargee d’affaires in Moscow, was present at Tuesday's appeal hearing. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Filipp Lebedev and Olesya Astakhova; Writing by Kevin Liffey; Editing by Mark TrevelyanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

CNN —Brittney Griner is appealing her verdict in Russian court Tuesday, nearly three months after the US basketball star was convicted of smuggling drugs into the country and sentenced to nine years in prison. Griner’s appeal will be considered in the Moscow Regional Court in a hearing at which her attorneys are expected to argue the verdict was unfair and unjustified under Russian law, they told CNN. The court hearing the appeal can choose to leave Griner’s verdict in place, overrule it and send it back to the lower court, or reduce Griner’s prison term, they said. “Brittney is very strong person and has a champion’s character,” Blagovolina and Boykov told CNN in a written statement ahead of Griner’s appeal. “However, she of course has her highs and lows as she is severely stressed being separated from her loved ones for over eight months.”“She is very nervous waiting for the appeal hearing,” they added.

REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool/File PhotoMOSCOW, Oct 24 (Reuters) - U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner "does not expect miracles" at her appeal hearing on Tuesday against a nine-year Russian jail term for having cannabis oil in her luggage, her lawyers said in a statement. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"She is very nervous waiting for the appeal hearing. Brittney does not expect any miracles to happen but hopes that the appeal court will hear the arguments of the defense and reduce the term," they said. Griner pleaded guilty at her trial but said she had made an "honest mistake" and not meant to break the law. Washington says Griner was wrongfully detained and has offered to exchange her for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States.

☆ Steph Curry offers support for Griner as WNBA star thanks fans on her birthday
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Stephen Curry offered fellow basketball star Brittney Griner a high-profile show of support Tuesday, as the WNBA player marked her 32nd birthday behind bars in Russia. Hours after Griner released a message thanking those fighting to get her home, Curry spoke out in the middle of the Golden State Warriors' championship ring ceremony Tuesday. The WNBA star was arrested at a Moscow airport on Feb. 17 after authorities said they found cannabis-infused vape cartridges in her luggage. Griner issued her own statement on her birthday, thanking her supporters for continuing to fight for release. “Thank you everyone for fighting so hard to get me home," Griner said in a statement made through her attorneys, Maria Blagovolina and Alexander Boykov, who spent time with the WNBA star on her birthday and relayed birthday messages to her.

MOSCOW, Oct 18 (Reuters) - American WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner, whose appeal against a Russian jail term is due to be heard next week, sent her supporters a message of thanks on Tuesday, her 32nd birthday. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterGriner pleaded guilty at her trial but said she had made an "honest mistake" and not meant to break the law. "Today is of course a difficult day for Brittney," said Blagovolina, who is representing Griner in court. Washington says Griner was wrongfully detained and has offered to exchange her for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer serving a 25-year prison sentence in the United States. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Filipp Lebedev; Editing by Kevin Liffey and Angus MacSwanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Biden calls Putin a 'rational actor' amid Russia's latest missile strikes in Ukraine and threat of nuclear warfare: CNN
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

President Joe Biden told CNN that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a "rational actor." The president added that Putin made a poor decision in assuming Ukraine would immediately fold. "I think he is a rational actor who has miscalculated significantly," Biden said in an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on Tuesday. Biden's characterization of Putin as a rationally thinking leader also comes after the Russian president's veiled threat of nuclear war. In discussing Putin's goals in Ukraine with CNN, Biden questioned the Russian leader's decision and said that Putin misjudged Ukraine if he thought the country would immediately fold.

☆ Brittney Griner's wife says she doesn't know if the WNBA star 'has anything left in her tank'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-06 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Cherelle Griner said her wife, WNBA star Brittney Griner, is being held "hostage" in her first interview since a Russian court sentenced the basketball player to nine years in prison for drug possession in August. "On its face it just seems like my wife is a hostage," Cherelle Griner told "CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King. On that call, Cherelle said, she didn't know if Brittney "has anything left in her tank to continue to wake up every day and be in a place where she has no one." Ahead of her Oct. 25 hearing, Cherelle said Brittney is "at her absolute weakest moment in life now." Brittney Griner, who came to my country for seven, eight years, and helped my country be recognized through sport, paid taxes in my country, helped my country.

Biden sat down in the Oval Office with Cherelle Griner, wife of women's basketball star Brittney Griner, and Elizabeth Whelan, sister of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan. Biden conducted the separate meetings to assure the families that the detainees "are at front of mind," said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. The United States in late July said it has put forward a "substantial offer" to secure the release of the two Americans. Last month, Russia's foreign ministry said it was engaged in "quiet diplomacy" with the United States about a potential prisoner swap that could include Griner and Whelan. Washington has offered to exchange Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout for Griner and Whelan, sources familiar with the situation have told Reuters.

☆ Elon Musk said he and the 'whole of SpaceX' had to be drug tested for a year after he smoked weed on Joe Rogan's podcast
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-05 | by ( Grace Dean | Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said he had to take drug tests for a year after smoking weed on Joe Rogan's podcast in 2018. "I don't even know how to smoke a joint," the tech billionaire told the "Full Send" podcast Thursday. "I had to have like random drug tests and stuff after that, to prove that I'm not like a drug addict," Musk said, adding that the tests were required by the federal government. I had like a whole year of random drug tests." "Unfortunately, it wasn't just me but the whole company, the whole of SpaceX had to have random drug tests," Musk continued.

☆ Elon Musk says US should 'free some people in jail for weed here too' after Biden, reports say, offered to swap a Russian arms dealer for imprisoned WNBA star Brittney Griner
▼ + stars: | 2022-07-31 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elon Musk responded to reports of a US-Russia prisoner exchange to free WNBA player Brittney Griner. "Maybe free some people in jail for weed here too?" Musk tweeted alongside a meme on Sunday. "Maybe free some people in jail for weed here too?" Musk wrote in Sunday's tweet, alongside a meme captioned, "People in the US in jail for weed while the government trades a Russian war criminal to free a woman's basketball player in jail for weed."

☆ Check out the pitch decks that hot cannabis startups used to raise millions from top investors
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-19 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read more:The cannabis-tech startup Fyllo used this pitch deck to land $26 million. Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck it used to close the round. Once hailed as the "Uber of weed," Eaze vastly scaled back ambitions in 2020, as evidenced by its pitch deck. Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck that helped Cann raise $5 million. Here's the pitch deck that made it happen.

Mulți oameni cred că țigările electronice ar fi fost inventate de marile companii de tutun, însă nu este așa. În 2010, Hon Lik a fost nominalizat pentru premiul Kcancer Hero datorită invenției sale și a declarat că și-ar dori ca sistemele electronice de livrare a nicotinei să fie fabricate de marile grupuri farmaceutice internaționale. Astăzi, pe piață există mai multe produse alternative ale fumatului, precum țigările electronice și dispozitivele de încălzire a tutunului. O altă controversă ține de componența țigărilor electronice. Țigările electronice sunt probabil una dintre cele mai cercetate inovații ale timpului nostru”, declară doctorul Sharon Cox, cercetătoare în cadrul University College London.

Persons: Hon Lik, Lik, Liam Humberstone, Sharon Cox, Britanie, Martin Dockrell Organizations: Trade Association, University College London, Public Locations: University, Regatul Unit, England

☆ 12 health revelations, innovations, and movements that changed how we live in the 2010s
▼ + stars: | 2019-12-26 | by ( Julia Naftulin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

After thousands of Americans were hospitalized for vaping-related illnesses, many resulting in death, it became startlingly clear the habit isn't safe. Vaping isn't as safe as it was once thought to be. Until these illnesses cropped up en masse, though, many people considered vaping a safer alternative to smoking nicotine-containing products. Companies like Juul that sell popular flavor-containing vape juices and vape devices are now taking a financial hit. Nonetheless, it's clear vaping isn't risk-free like it was once thought to be.

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