DAPA Newsletter 19th Edition “St. Patrick’s Edition!” 01 MAR 2011

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St. Patrick 1

Beer Labels 1

Potential MDPV Ban 2

Joke / The Funny 3

Drunk Quiz 3

Local info 5

Local info 6

Inside this issue:

Beer Warning Labels:

WARNING

The consumption of alco-

hol may cause you to

think you are peeing

standing up, when you are

face down!

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B orn as Maewyn Succat, between 373 and 390, St. Patrick is the pa-tron saint of Ireland. St. Patrick was the son of Calpurnius, a Roman-British army officer. He was growing up as naturally as other kids in Britain. However, one day a band of pirates landed in south Wales and kidnapped him along with many others. Then they sold him into slavery in Ireland. He was there for 6 years, mostly imprisoned. While impris-oned he dreamed of having seen God. Legend says, he was then directed by God to escape. Finally, he did escape and went to Britain and then to France. There he joined a monastery and studied under St. Germain, the bishop of Au-xerre, where he spent 12 years in training. He became a bishop and soon he dreamed that the Irish were calling him back to Ireland. So he set out for Ireland with the Pope's blessings. There he converted the Gaelic Irish to Christianity. It is said that he used the three-leafed shamrock to ex-plain the concept of the Trinity.

For over a thousand years, on the 17th of March, the Irish have ob-

served lent. Lenten prohibitions against the consump-tion of meat were waived and people would dance, drink and feast. Irish families would traditionally at-tend church in the morning and celebrate in the after-noon. So…..

How did we go from this?

To this?

Today St. Patrick’s day is an excuse to binge drink vice a time to celebrate with community and family.

History of St. Patrick

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– Mon Jan 31, 11:45 am ET

NEW YORK (Reuters)

– Two drugs that pro-

duce a "meth-like" high

and are being sold under

the guise of "bath salts"

would be banned as fed-

erally controlled sub-

stances under a bill un-

veiled by U.S. Senator

Charles Schumer of

New York.

"These so-called bath

salts contain ingredients

that are nothing more

than legally sanctioned

narcotics, and they are

being sold cheaply to all

comers, with no ques-

tions asked, at store

counters around the

country," said Schumer,

a Democrat.

Schumer said he will in-

troduce a bill to outlaw the

two synthetic drugs --

mephedrone and meth-

ylenedioxypyrovalerone,

or MDPV. The drugs

come in powder and tablet

form and are ingested by

snorting, injection, smok-

ing and, less often, by use

of an atomizer.

Users experience an in-

tense high, euphoria, ex-

treme energy, hallucina-

tions, insomnia and are

easily provoked to anger,

according to the Drug En-

forcement Administration,

which is currently investi-

gating the drugs.

They have emerged as le-

gal alternatives to cocaine

and methamphetamines,

and one or both have al-

ready been banned in the

European Union, Austral-

ia, Canada, and Israel. In

the United States, Florida,

Louisiana and North Da-

kota have all recently

banned the substances.

"The longer we wait to

ban the substance, the

greater risk we put our

kids in," Schumer said.

Media reports over the

last year describe the

drugs as becoming in-

creasingly popular, par-

ticularly among young

people attending night-

clubs, although the actual

number of individuals

using the drugs is un-

known.

"These products are read-

ily available at conven-

ience stores, discount to-

bacco outlets, gas sta-

tions, pawnshops, tattoo

parlors, truck stops and

other locations," said an

alert issued by the DEA.

"Prices range from $25 to

$50 per 50-milligram

packet," the DEA alert

said.

The European Union

banned mephedrone in

December, saying the

drug was directly linked

to the deaths of two peo-

ple, and may have been

tied to 37 other cases of

death.

The European Union's

report said there was lim-

ited scientific evidence

on the effects of the drug

-- believed to be mostly

manufactured in Asia

before being packaged in

the West -- but that there

was sufficient evidence

of its health risks to sup-

port a ban.

Schumer has also asked

the health commissioner

of New York State, Nirav

Shah, to ban the two sub-

stances. (Reporting by Jonathan Allen;

Editing by Barbara Goldberg

and Jerry Norton)

Senator moves to ban drug

sold as bath salts

METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE

(MDPV)

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NAVAL HUMOR

A n Irish man walks

into a pub. The

bartender asks

him, “what’ll you have?”

The man says, “Give me three

pints of Guinness please.”

So the bartender brings him

three pints and the man pro-

ceeds to alternately sip one,

then the other, then the third

until they’re gone. He then

orders three more.

The bartender says, “Sir, I

know you like them cold. You

don’t have to order three at a

time. I can keep an eye on it

and when you get low I’ll

bring you a fresh cold one.”

The man says, “You don’t un-

derstand. I have two brothers,

one in Australia and one in

the States. We made a vow to

each other that every Satur-

day night we’d still drink to-

gether. So right now, my

brothers have three Guinness

Stouts too, and we’re drinking

together.

The bartender thought that

was a wonderful tradition.

Every week the man came in

and ordered three beers.

Then one week he came in

and ordered only two.

He drank them and then or-

dered two more.

The bartender said to him, “I

know what your tradition is,

and I’d just like to say that

I’m sorry that one of your

brothers died.”

The man said, “ Oh, me broth-

ers are fine— -I just quit drink-

ing!!!!!”

JOKE

1. You lose arguments with inanimate objects. 2. You have to hold onto

the lawn to keep from falling off the earth. 3. Job interfering with your drinking. 4. Your doctor finds

traces of blood in your alcohol stream.

5. Career won't progress beyond Senator from Massachusetts.

6. The back of your head keeps getting hit by the toilet seat.

7. Sincerely believe alco-hol to be the elusive 5th food group. 8. 24 hours in a day. 24 beers in a case - coinci-

dence? 9. Two hands and just

one mouth... - now THAT'S a drinking prob-lem!

10. You can focus better with one eye closed. 11. The parking lot seems to have moved while you were in the bar.

12. Your twin sons are named Barley and Hops. 13. Hey, 5 beers have

just as many calories as a burger, screw dinner!

14. Mosquitoes catch a buzz after attacking you. 15. At AA meetings you begin: "Hi, my name is...

uh..." 16. Your idea of cutting back is less salt. 17. The whole bar says

'Hi' when you walk in.

18. You think the Four Basic Food Groups are

Caffeine, Nicotine, Alco-

hol, and Women. 19. Every night you're

beginning to find your roommate's cat more and more attractive. 20. Roseanne looks good. 21. Don't recognize wife

unless seen through bot-tom of glass. 22. That stupid pink ele-

phant followed me home again.

23. Senator's Kennedy and Packwood shake their heads when they walk past you. 24."I'm as jober as a

sudge." 25. The shrubbery is drunk from too frequent “watering”.

Signs that YOU

may be drinking

too much!

-QUIZ-

Check all that apply.

Signs; continued…

Score: ____of 25