IS IT TRUE NOVEMBER 24, 2015

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IS IT TRUE that VA Docs May Recommend Rx Marijuana?  …Legislation passed November 10 by the U.S. Senate includes a provision that would allow Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors to recommend medical marijuana to patients in states where it is legal?  …some veterans groups have pressed Congress for years to allow the drug for patients suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder? …the so-called Veterans Equal Access Amendment would do so? …the prevision does not change current laws preventing the possession or dispensing of marijuana on VA property, but simply allows veterans to discuss all options that are legally available in their state with their VA doctor? … the provision was inserted into the Military and Veterans Construction bill, which the Senate passed unanimously?  …for more details,  see this Military.com article.

IS IT TRUE we hear that a not-for-profit veterans group that trains Therapy Dogs are hoping to lease the vacant and dilapidated CVS building. on North Main?  …the DMD paid $500,000 plus for this building  and we hope this not-for-profit Veterans group can afford to pay market value to lease this building?  …we wonder who’s going to pay for a new roof to be installed and the expensive renovation on the interior in order to make the building useable?…we feel that training Therapy Dogs for our returning Veterans is a worthy cause and we hope that this not-for-profit Veterans group have the financial support to make this move a reality?

IS IT TRUE that award-winning author and Dove Award-nominated singer/songwriter Andrew Peterson is coming to Evansville?  …Andrew Peterson will be kicking off his 16th annual Christmas tour, Behold the Lamb of God, in Evansville?   …Andrew Peterson will be joined by Grammy-nominated and Dove Award-winning singer/songwriter Cindy Morgan?   …Andrew will be joined by Cindy and his highly talented band for this great show?

IS IT TRUE that the concert will be held on Wednesday, December 2 at 7:00pm at the historic Victory Theatre in downtown Evansville?  …you can purchase special discounted tickets online with a promotional code or purchase in person at the Ford Center Box Office to avoid Ticketmaster processing fees?   …tickets are available for just $18, $23 or $33 at the Box Office?

IS IT TRUE that the Evansville Rescue Mission will be supported through proceeds from the concert?

IS IT TRUE that the concert will be an excellent way to prepare for the holiday season and remember the true meaning of Christmas?

IS IT TRUE our “READERS POLL” question is; “Do you feel it’s a smart marketing move for the CCO to print copy of their publication”?

IS IT TRUE over the “next several days the City County Observer shall be doing some annual maintenance and redesign work on our publication?   …we shall be posting some articles of interest during that time?  …we will not be posting any “IS IT TRUE” comments during this time?   We wish you a “Happy Thanksgiving”!

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15 COMMENTS

  1. Legalize MJ. Prohibition has failed miserably, just as alcohol prohibition did.

    • Up with hope down with dope. Why is it wrong to be clean and sober?. It’s easy now days to prescribe drugs as a way to solve our problems. Marijuana is not the answer or prescription drugs.

    • Absolutely! It should be approved for medicinal purposes throughout the country. That seems to me to be well within the bounds of the law. Maybe recreational use is a State matter, but medicinal use isn’t. Indiana will wait until the bitter end on that, though.

    • Legalize all drugs. A certain %age of the population will use regardless of the law. Legalization won’t significantly increase usage and our prison populations will plummet.

      • People will steal to pay for their drug. They break into cars,shoplift,steal charity donations jars, and pawn family members jewelery. The jails will be just as full as they are now. Legal or illegal the addicts need their fix are willing to steal for it.

        • soul – what you describe is what happens now. Legalization will cause the contraband to be readily available and at greatly reduced price. Therefore, though it will never cease, crime will be greatly reduced.

    • Not even close to the same thing. The only comparison is that without caution MJ will be like alcohol in that it can’t be undone. Let’s first be honest in that what most really want is it legalized for recreational use. But what has happened is where it is legalized states have created legal storefronts for criminals. If we are going legalize it, then treat it as hard liquor with the same regulations and distribution. Sell it through liquor stores and similar entities not pot shops. That way you already have a reputable law abiding distribution entity and you’re not setting someone up in business who ignores the law .

  2. Thank you editor for the info about Christmas story to be at the Victory Theater. I volunteered to find places to put up some of the posters and literature. I guess I wasn’t smart about it. I didn’t know the profit was going to help the homeless. I told people I was helping my little girl. I had planned to take the packets of materials to churches to put out but carried them with me to the grocery when I went and the store was glad to put them out in a prominent location: right when you come in the door by their sales flyers. They even moved a picture to make room for the cards for people to pick up. I stopped at a couple of other groceries and received the same response. I went to the mall on Green River and finished my task. Even rationing the cards to a few per business the merchants cleaned me out pretty quick. Never made to any of the churches. Made some new friends at the Mall.

  3. According to C&P: “Assuming the repairs are affordable, the city plans to front the cost of repairs and renovations, then fold that into the building’s lease agreement.”

    I think Soldier Dogs for Independence deserves a building to train in. They are helping so many veterans get their lives and families back. This group trains at the AMVETS Post 84 on Tuesday evenings and that room is very crowded with the veterans, dogs and SDI Staff. Thank you to ECHO for stepping up and helping this amazing group of volunteers help our veterans.

    • SDI is one of many groups in the area but I find it to have problems in their training methods and in the personnel of the organization. I understand that Pets for Vets is a better group in many ways according to a local trainer not affiliated with either group. I encourage everyone to thoroughly investigate any such group from top to bottom before committing to dealing with them.

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