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“No One Should Be in Jail for Doing Weed” – Joe Rogan Sends Strong Message After ‘Horrific’ Brittney Griner Imprisonment

Published 08/02/2022, 1:26 PM EDT

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The American basketball professional Brittney Griner has been in a Russian jail for quite some time now. Since her arrest, many sports personalities have reacted to any and every event about the WNBA player. The number one podcaster in the world and a beloved combat sports personality in the US, Joe Rogan, also chimed in on her situation.

The 2-decade veteran UFC commentator wrote, “Something to consider when we’re talking about Russia’s horrific imprisonment of Brittney Griner; there are tens of thousands of people in prison in America for cannabis right now. No one should be in jail for weed.”

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Besides the caption, Spotify’s 200-million-worth podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience host shared a clip from his conversation with fellow standup artist and actor Andrew Schulz. Even in the clip, Rogan shared similar views.

The former Fear Factor and MTV host earlier questioned the hypocrisy regarding the situation by saying, “So what, they’re not good at throwing a f***ing ball into a net?

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Looking at the comments section, former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis agreed with the longtime MMA analyst. Besides, many of Rogan’s 15 million followers appeared to agree with the famed JRE podcast host.

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From the UFC world to NBA to Boxing, all are observing Griner’s situation. Even the richest individual alive on earth, Elon Musk had comments for the WNBA player from Houston. She is getting support and criticism from the world’s most followed personalities.

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Griner might face 10 years of prison. Thus, former boxing champion Roy Jones Jr, who is a dual citizen of Russia and the US, made big moves to free the 6’9” women’s athlete from jail.

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Surprisingly, LeBron James had people lashing at him for his comments, which were taken out of context, according to him.

Former UFC vet Jake Shields, Ben Askren, and Tim Kennedy also reacted to the news. Besides, they posted their thoughts about Griner’s comments that they did not read her rights while arresting.

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Deepak Kumar

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Deepak Kumar is a UFC author at EssentiallySports. His love for MMA comes from the chaos and violence the fight game brings to the table. A BJJ aspirant, Deepak began following the sport as a casual fan when Ronda Rousey was finishing her opponents in seconds.
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Paras Pande