Compulsive Gambling and It’s Cost to the Economy More than 5 million Americans are pathological‚ compulsive and problem gamblers‚ and another 15 million are at risk of becoming just like them. A common definition of problem gambling is: a progressive disorder characterized by a continuous or periodic loss of control over gambling and irrational thinking and behavior despite the consequences. When gambling interferes with any one’s life‚ it can be categorize as an addiction or disease‚ just
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Legalize Gambling in California People don’t like gambling until they win‚ and people love money. The government doesn’t like gambling‚ unless they can tax it. People think of gambling and automatically like a trained gambler think of Las Vegas or Atlantic City. Gambling has been in America’s blood since before we were a country. All thirteen original colonies established lotteries to raise revenue. 48 states today that have legalized some form of gambling and have made billions
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Cited: Allison‚ Lincoln. "Faster‚ Stronger‚ Higher." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media‚ 08 Aug. 2004. Web. 05 May 2013. Cartwright‚ Gary. "Truth and Consequences." Texas Monthly. Texas Monthly‚ Apr. 2008. Web. 05 May 2013. "Did You Know? Little-Known Facts in the Performance Enhancing Drugs Debate." ProCon‚ 22 Nov. 2011. Web. 05 May 2013. “Frequently Asked Questions.” World Anti-Doping Agency. World Anti-Doping Agency‚
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Gambling She took one last look out the window as they drove away‚ the tears streaming down her face. At the age of four‚ her world had fallen apart. Karina’s life started out as a perfect middle-class family‚ and soon turned into a broken mess. They had everything‚ a perfect house in a really nice part of the city‚ a nice car; everything was wonderful. As Karina got older‚ she began to notice things weren’t perfect. Her dad was never there. He was always out gambling in one way or another.
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The Case Against Gambling Gambling is impoverishing America. It is taking the money needed to feed and clothe children. It is destroying the moral fabric of our nation. It is increasing the wealth of the crime syndicates. Since part of the money is being used to buy off politicians‚ it is corrupting our political system on all levels‚ It is causing otherwise good citizens to enter crime‚ in order to pay off gambling debts. It is causing an increase in suicides. Because of the poverty and crime
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Legalize Marijuana Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility SOC 120 December 17‚ 2012 Legalize Marijuana There are many opponents to the idea of legalizing marijuana though states such as California‚ Arizona and many other states have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes (Barnes‚ 2000). So if marijuana has medicinal attributes then how does it also fit the unsafe category? So it is a drug that is medicinal but also harmful‚ is this not the case with almost every approved pharmaceutical
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Chatchawan Jarusvasunt 5204640154 What is the effect of disorder gambling? Gambling create no output‚ it just the transfer of money in society. Gambling consume time and existing resource in the economy also. Gambling did not provide any resource like other media and other entertainment activities but it have it own value too. Is it true that gambling with legal status is better for the society whether the cost of gambling overcome the benefit it creates? This question is very subjective.
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Cannabis- Legalize It! The legalization and decriminalization of cannabis/ marijuana would be beneficial to economic growth in the United States. There are many reasons to support this. First‚ the decriminalization of marijuana would save time and money spent on prosecuting suspects accused of possession and/or use of marijuana. This time and money could be better spent on other things like the school systems‚ road ways‚ and police departments. As a result this will also open up room in the jails
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The main emphasis of the Vision is economically related。Vision 2020 is not just a goal for economic development but also a level of maturity to be achieved by Malaysian society. The Vision represents not only the challenge of economic development‚ but also the very idealization of national – popular unity: a concept captured in the Vision ideal of Bangsa (one nation) Malaysia.” [Hilley‚ 4] Program Latihan Khidmat Negara (PLKN) it is intended for the construction of personal development aimed
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evidence that the legalization of marijuana will yield certain health and environmental benefits to American society. From a strictly economic perspective‚ a bill being considered by the Legislature of the State of California‚ which would legalize marijuana in that State‚ is expected to result in a $1 billion per year increase in tax revenue that would greatly aid California’s troubled economy. Nationwide‚ marijuana legalization could potentially generate annual tax revenues of $2.4 billion
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