As WNBA star Brittney Griner remains imprisoned in Russia, a group of cannabis activists is reportedly planning a demonstration outside of the Russian embassy in Washington, D.C.
The group is calling the outing a “smoke out,” with participants planning on smoking marijuana and demanding Griner’s release.
“Just as it’s unacceptable for Americans to sit behind bars for simple possession of cannabis, it’s absolutely unacceptable for an American sitting in a Russian Gulag,” cannabis activist and co-founder of DC Marijuana Justice Adam Eidinger said, according to Ellie Silverman of The Washington Post. “We feel compelled to protest the Russian Federation, and President Putin, who’s clearly using an American citizen as a pawn in his war against Ukraine.