Raising Awareness

Government betrays its covenant with its citizens by promoting Gambling Addiction and fails to warn or address the problem, instead continue to promote new and expanded Addiction.

We have lost our moral compass when we think this is reasonable.

Conservative AM’s call to raise awareness of gambling addiction

Published in News on Wednesday March 6th, 2013


Tory AM Mohammad Asghar AM called on the Welsh Government to do more to raise awareness of the risks to health posed by an addiction to gambling.

The South Wales East Am referred to a report by the Royal College of Psychiatrists which investigated the parallels between alcohol and gambling addiction. The report called for consideration to be given to the Department of Health having a greater role in gambling policy.

Mr Asghar said: “I welcome this report by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and its call for more awareness-raising about problematic gambling amongst public health practitioners and the general public to highlight the dangers of addiction.

“Given the serious implications of problem gambling to public health I am calling on the First Minister to consider giving the Health Department a greater role in highlighting the dangers of gambling as it does alcohol addiction. “


http://www.caerphillyobserver.co.uk/news/820916/conservative-ams-call-to-raise-awareness-of-gambling-addiction/