The majority of what you said also applies to Whelan.

He was there for work (just like her) despite all the warnings, and his presence was even more of a risk as a reporter than as someone there to play for a basketball team.

It’s done. Get the fuck over it.

When you say “leave her drugs at home” and “she thought she was above the law”, you make it sound like she audaciously took a bag of weed with her. What she actually took was

cartridges containing less than a gram of medically prescribed hash oil

that she didn’t consider would be a problem. There is a difference, even if you’re unable to recognize that.