Wave of Gambling Yields
Backwash of Addiction
Gambling is an activity which can and does become
addictive for a significant number of people.
Gambling changes the chemistry of the brain, and is
one of the most difficult addictions to "cure". In
communities with casinos and other gambling
available, there are far more pathological gamblers
than people afflicted with cancer. An NCALG White
Paper by Carl Bechtold
Pathological Gambling
and Alcohol Use Disorder
Gambling proponents excuse gambling addiction as
simply one more symptom of addictive personalities.
“It’s not our fault – there’s something wrong with
the customers.” The question is, why do we need to
inflict one more illness on so many citizens who may
not even know they have the tendency? This study
shows the link between alcohol and gambling
addiction. There is a link, and populations with
high levels of alcohol problems can expect to have
high gambling addiction as well, If gambling is
allowed to proliferate
Exploring
the Limits of 'Responsible Gambling':Harm Minimization or Consumer Protection?
Gambling in Australia has matured faster than that
in America, providing valuable lessons on addiction.
Mark Dickerson, noted academic from the University
of Sidney, recently shared his work at the McGill
University in Montreal, Canada. Essentially,
Dickerson proves conclusively that the only truly
“responsible” gamblers are professional gamblers.
Gambling is designed, marketed and packaged to carry
customers beyond the point of reason and control.
Dickerson believes there are methods the gambling
industry could employ to ameliorate these dangers.
NCALG has found the industry is unlikely to
voluntarily jeopardize revenues from its victims.
The study provides remarkable insight into how
gambling works and what it does to its custom
***The above information is from the National
Coalition Against Legalized Gambling's website.
