by Kandiss Edwards
January 23, 2026
Zennjet was created to assist vacationers who carry prescription drugs navigate advanced worldwide legal guidelines.
Brittney Griner is popping lemons into lemonade as co-founder of a brand new journey membership service known as Zennjet.
Zennjet was created to assist vacationers who carry prescription drugs navigate advanced worldwide legal guidelines and keep away from authorized hassle. The initiative stems immediately from Griner’s personal detainment in Russia in 2022, when airport authorities discovered hashish oil within the WNBA star’s baggage whereas she was taking part in abroad.
Zennjet affords members a variety of companies meant to cut back danger and supply vacationers with readability and steerage on the principles for carrying varied medicines. Membership contains entry to authorized counsel, translation help, destination-specific steerage on drug legal guidelines, and a 24-hour emergency line.
Griner stated her ignorance of Russian legal guidelines concerning hashish oil led to a 10-month imprisonment, an expertise she wouldn’t want on others.
“I by no means need anyone to undergo what I went by means of. I’m conscious that I’m very blessed and really fortunate to have an company group, my spouse and all people behind me,” she advised USA At present. “I need individuals to have the ability to bear in mind, knowledgeable, and to know the place they’re going, the place they’re touring,” she stated.
The corporate’s concept displays classes the Atlanta Dream participant stated she realized throughout her 10-month detention in Russia. She was convicted of drug possession for touring with cannabis-derived vape cartridges in her baggage and sentenced to jail earlier than she was launched in a prisoner alternate. Though medical hashish was prescribed to her for low season ache, the substance was unlawful beneath Russian regulation.
Zennjet additionally plans to help vacationers in changing prescriptions which can be misplaced, stolen or confiscated, and provide repatriation help if a member is detained overseas. Griner and her group stress that understanding native drug legal guidelines earlier than journey is vital to avoiding authorized woes, significantly when drugs which can be lawful in a single nation could also be restricted in one other.
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