Massachusetts ‘GAMING’ Future
The Bucks County Courier Times - April 3, 2014 - The new drug culture
Those who say casinos don't breed addiction remind me of those parents from the "Greatest Generation," who back in the '60s thought they had a better shot of their kids getting picked up by aliens than using drugs.
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The Bucks County Courier Times - April 3, 2014 - The new drug culture
Those who say casinos don't breed addiction remind me of those parents from the "Greatest Generation," who back in the '60s thought they had a better shot of their kids getting picked up by aliens than using drugs.
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I know where they were coming from and that's because I'm a baby boomer who grow up in what was once a drug free community. But that all changed when the hippie culture arrived and the youth of America started getting high for entertainment.
I see a similarity between what went down back then and what's going on today now that casino gambling has become available.
Now you may think it's a stretch my comparing drug use to casino gambling, but I would suggest that you to take a stroll through a casino and see for yourself those who never had any interest in gambling: What you see could be your friends, neighbors, employer, colleagues or, worse, your loved ones getting high on this so-called entertainment venue.
And I agree with those who say that most people who gamble in casinos don't become compulsive gamblers, but we could say the same about those who use drugs not becoming junkies. Thing is, we know the outcome of those who do.
Oh, and one other thing, if you are patronizing casinos on a daily basis and don't see what I'm talking about, that would mean you're already hooked.
You can help stop our casinos from breeding Pennsylvanians into compulsive casino gambling degenerates who will eventually become criminals by calling your state legislators and telling them you support House Bill 1335: casino monthly statements, which will alert gamblers and their family members how much is being wagered -- and lost.
Bill Kearney
Philadelphia
I see a similarity between what went down back then and what's going on today now that casino gambling has become available.
Now you may think it's a stretch my comparing drug use to casino gambling, but I would suggest that you to take a stroll through a casino and see for yourself those who never had any interest in gambling: What you see could be your friends, neighbors, employer, colleagues or, worse, your loved ones getting high on this so-called entertainment venue.
And I agree with those who say that most people who gamble in casinos don't become compulsive gamblers, but we could say the same about those who use drugs not becoming junkies. Thing is, we know the outcome of those who do.
Oh, and one other thing, if you are patronizing casinos on a daily basis and don't see what I'm talking about, that would mean you're already hooked.
You can help stop our casinos from breeding Pennsylvanians into compulsive casino gambling degenerates who will eventually become criminals by calling your state legislators and telling them you support House Bill 1335: casino monthly statements, which will alert gamblers and their family members how much is being wagered -- and lost.
Bill Kearney
Philadelphia
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