I also am not sympathetic to drug users who flout the law nor of people who intentionally break foreign government's laws and then whine about what happens to them, I don't know anything about the availability of marijuana in Bali but carrying 9 pounds of marijuana to Indonesia sounds like a case of carrying coals to Newcastle. That 9 pounds of dried weed would also make a sizable package, would she actually think she could get it through customs?
IMO her actual crime was failure to lubricate the right palm(s).
I've met some people who have gotten into similar situations. The best approach is usually to NOT seek any publicity and start bribing the necessary officials. Just about everything is for sale in the Third World, but once it becomes public they are more intent on "saving face" and not being seen as backing down to outside pressure.