Brittney Griner’s legal team argue cannabis has legitimate medical use

• US basketball star is on trial in Russia on drugs charges
• Olympic champions faces 10 years in jail if convicted

The trial of American basketball star Brittney Griner in a Russian court focused on Tuesday on testimony that cannabis, while illegal in Russia, is regarded in other countries as having legitimate medicinal use.

Griner has acknowledged that she was carrying vape canisters containing cannabis oil when she was arrested in February at a Moscow airport, but she contends that she had no criminal intent and that the canisters ended up in her luggage inadvertently because of hasty packing.