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WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner, right, enters a cage in a courtroom prior to a hearing in Khimki just outside Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Closing arguments in Brittney Griner's cannabis possession case are set for Thursday, nearly six months after the American basketball star was arrested at a Moscow airport in a case that reached the highest levels of US-Russia diplomacy. (Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool Photo via AP)

Brittney Griner sentenced by Russian court to 9 years in prison for drug possession

President Biden said Russia is ‘wrongfully detaining’ the WNBA star and called on Moscow to release her immediately.

WNBA star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner speaks with her lawyers at a court room prior to a hearing in the Khimki district court, just outside Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 15, 2022. Griner was arrested in February at the Russian capital's Sheremetyevo Airport when customs officials said they found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage. She has been jailed since then, facing up to 10 years in prison if convicted. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Brittney Griner’s lawyer says she had doctor’s letter for cannabis

A lawyer for WNBA star Brittney Griner has presented a Russian court with a doctor’s letter recommending she use cannabis to treat pain.

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California medical marijuana patients can get free weed. Here’s how

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Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s weed house is actually really chic? Take a look

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‘I’m not doing anything wrong’: Pot-smoking L.A. moms on parenting while high

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The future of weed isn’t in California. It’s somewhere totally unexpected

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Ep. 1: Low-dose cannabis? It’s more popular than you think

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Ep. 2: Inside a weed dispensary by and for women of color

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Ep. 3: David Crosby has a few opinions about cannabis — and the way you rolled that joint

Ep. 4: I thought I hated yoga. Then I tried ‘stoned yoga’ in L.A.

Ep. 5: A pot pipe that stands the test of time

Ep. 6: Ricky Williams talks cannabis, the NFL and pain management

Ep. 7: Check out Stone Road, an off-the-grid cannabis farm with big cannatourism dreams

Legal Weed, Broken Promises

Ingrid Von Archie is photographed at A New Way of Life Reentry Project in Los Angeles on Tuesday, October 12, 2021.

California promised ‘social equity’ after pot legalization. Those hit hardest feel betrayed

NORTHRIDGE, CA - OCTOBER 28: Sara Rodriguez poses for a portrait at a Project Rebound mixer that supports formerly incarcerated students on Cal State campuses on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 in Northridge, CA. Rodriguez is a graduate of Cal Poly Pomona and just got her MSW from UCLA in June. Before that, she was incarcerated on charges stemming from her weed felony. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

California was supposed to clear cannabis convictions. Tens of thousands are still languishing

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8 trailblazing weed shop owners who survived the war on drugs — and City Hall

Opening a cannabis dispensary with a social equity license in Los Angeles takes endurance. Here are resilient owners who fought hard to run pot shops.

Steve Capper and Dave Reddix are among a group of high school friends who came up with the term “420.”

Looking back at the absolutely unexpected and totally wild origin of 420

They came out of the ‘cannabis closet’ to help other Asian Americans do the same

California changed the country with marijuana legalization. Is it high time for the feds to catch up?

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Tina Glen (left) and Nick Isordia look at the vaping products at March and Ash, a cannabis dispensary in Mission Valley.

Editorial: Legal pot needs better warning labels

Consumers should be warned that scientific research shows frequent use of potent weed increases the chance of mental illness.

FILE - In this Nov. 14, 2019, file photo, Snoop Dogg attends 2019 AFI Fest opening night premiere of "Queen and Slim" in Los Angeles. CBS anchor Gayle King says she accepts Snoop Dogg's apology for the profane, threatening video that he posted following an interview by her with WNBA star Lisa Leslie that angered some fans of the late Kobe Bryant. After a backlash against his comments, he apologized Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Snoop Dogg takes a potshot at Biden with his new ‘Sleepy Joe OG’ cannabis strain

Los Angeles,United States - 5/17/22, The Herbal Chef Cannabis Dinner Party

This may be the most dramatically made cocktail you’ve ever seen at an L.A. bar

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California is cutting cannabis taxes in hopes of saving struggling pot businesses

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We ate a $295 weed-infused dinner. Things got really wild

Ojai looks to allow new cannabis lounges for on-site consumption

Always a collector, Cheech Marin brings his art to Riverside

Inflation is so bad that Snoop Dogg just gave his full-time blunt roller a raise

Foreign cartel-financed pot farms in Oregon expand to growing indoors

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We absolutely don’t need this $300 ‘Nespresso for weed.’ But we kind of want one

The pricey pod-based Beed from an L.A. startup is the joint-rolling party trick that post-pandemic folks deserve.

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