Dan Van Pot (DVP) sentencing August 2007
I had posted the first quoted message below on pro cannabis message forums on July 09 / 07. I thought I had posted it here too but I can't find it here. No matches when I search the forums here. Did I not post the original message here? Was it deleted by a mod?
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Dan Van Pot (DVP) sentencing will be in August 2007. DVP was busted for cannabis seed distribution and growing cannabis in late May 2006.
His God Bud won the High Times Cannabis Cup for Indica in 2004. Really sweet cannabis. In over two years I have yet to find one person that does not love the product.
DVP is looking at about one year in prison he thinks.
Sadly all DVP's friends have shutdown the growing and he is forced to get cannabis medication on the expensive blackmarket. Most if not all of us have been there at one time or another.
The doctor wants to push pharmaceuticals on him but he has refused them. Cannabis allows DVP to function well enough to continue work in the construction industry.
I would hate to see what a year without his regular cannabis medications will do to him.
The lawyer bills are hurting DVP as well of course.
I wish I had better news to report.
Keith
I just posted the quoted message below on some other pro cannabis forums today.
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DVP called the other day and we had a good long talk.
August 16 / 2007 is his sentencing date.
Due to the number of medical issues he has I am hoping the judge is lenient.
His health issues are serious enough that they should be considered in sentencing. No guarantees of course.
In past years DVP fell through the health care systems cracks and went on to self medicate with legal drugs and cannabis for a number of years.
Sadly thousands have suffered the same fate at the hands of Canada's health care system. Worse yet the health care system failures continues to this very day in time.
Although his self medicating did work to a degree it was not enough to correct all his health issues.
He has been working on getting a proper diagnosis for his medical issues.
The doctors have tried a pharmaceutical drug that just made DVP unable to function properly.
Now he is on a different pharmaceutical medication that appears to be working better. Hopefully the side affects will be minimal this time.
Lastly I passed on the comments some of you have posted and it did cheer him up knowing he has not been forgotten.
Thank you for that folks!
Bail conditions keep him away from computers and the Internet of course.
Keith
Dan Van Pot (DVP) sentencing August 2007
Sentencing was put off until September 13 / 07
Dan called and left a message today. I missed his call sadly.
He said his lawyer has told him to expect to go to jail today.
Estimate jail time is 6 weeks or more.
With 18 months worth of bail conditions the man has suffered more then enough already.
Time served I say! Let him go dam it. Anything less in cruel!
We are thinking about you and wishing you well Dan!
Keith
Dan Van Pot (DVP) sentencing August 2007
DVP is Dan Van Pot is finally finished with this ordeal!!!
I just got off the phone with Dan. He was release today after serving a 2 month concurrent prison sentence. Equals 20 days total.
The shorter then original expected prison sentence was all due to Dan working hard to make person improvements over the past year or so.
After close to a year and a half of bail restrictions, no travel, no Internet, etc.. Dan is finally a free man!!!
We are all very excited about this excellent news.
Dan will be back on the Internet soon!
Keith
