Treatment Programs For Gambling Addicts Are Being Hidden In Las Vegas
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Treatment Programs For Gambling Addicts Are Being Hidden In Las Vegas

It has taken its toll.

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Treatment Programs For Gambling Addicts Are Being Hidden In Las Vegas
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Las Vegas is a society based purely on human excitement and risk.

During the first origins of the city in 1905, the city was dry and rarely had profitable customers or sustainable citizens. Although, after the creation of the first casino built on Highway 91, the city knew that gambling was what it needed to create a financially, successful city.

In the present day, Las Vegas attempts to construct gambling as a family-friendly activity but fails to show the detrimental side effects. This due to the majority of the cities profits enhancing from casinos substantial activity flow and the thousands of gambler addicts who roam the cities sphere. In a study conducted this year, over more than six million individuals admit to having a gambling addiction problem. This rate doesn't include alcohol or drug addiction problems.

Unfortunately, this increasing rate and severe social dilemma have not been taken seriously by the city administration. With no care coming from the local government, many individuals are taking the problem into their hands by creating their own gambling addiction treatment programs. Even though this is a positive reinforcement for the people of Las Vegas, this action goes against the city’s social contract.

Without the city's casinos and great gambler population, the city would ultimately profit less the half of what it does now. The city income and tax rates would fall drastically and the tourist rate would crash. Since these monetary effects are what no city official wants, the multiple programs being established by the people are becoming diminished and hidden for everyone else in the city - who might actually need the help.

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