Dubai’s Life Sentence for British Teacher: When Your Prescription Becomes a Prison Sentence in the Global Village
Dubai, that shimmering monument to indoor ski slopes and zero-percent income tax, has handed down a life sentence to 31-year-old British teacher Mia O’Brien for allegedly smuggling half a kilo of medical cannabis oil. The verdict, announced Sunday at the emirate’s Criminal Court of First Instance, has managed to unite everyone from Geneva bureaucrats to…