State not addressing gambling’s ‘dark side’
“Imagine putting up a neon sign for a crackhouse. That’s what a video slot machine is for some people,” Sarah Paul, (a behavior health counselor) said. “It’s a bright, flashy sign for an addict.” “People don’t like to think about gambling addiction. But it can — and very often does — cause the same kind of destruction as drug addiction or alcoholism,” Paul said. “We are seeing people who gamble away entire inheritances. Paychecks. And these are people who we...