There’s no medicine apart from cannabis that stops my stomach from aching.”During the off-season Shaw lives in Thailand, where cannabis is subject to more liberal laws. “There’s people telling me I’m about to spend the rest of my life in prison over some edibles,” he says. There are parallels between Shaw’s case and that of Brittney Griner, the decorated American basketball player who was imprisoned in Russia for 10 months in 2022 after authorities found cannabis vape cartridges in her luggage. But I don’t believe that mistake should cost him his entire future.”The US embassy in Jakarta says it is aware of Shaw’s case but would not comment further. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementDonte West, an advocacy assistant at LPP who is handling Shaw’s case, said: “Cannabis can’t kill you, but possessing it can.