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The Gambling Connection to Opiate Use

The Gambling Connection to Opiate Use: Personal Experiences

This new short documentary explores the growing underlying problem of gambling addiction among opiate users.  Filmed at a Methadone clinic in Baltimore, Maryland, it captures ...
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Hero Worship and Gambling

Americans have long had “love affairs” with heroes. We want people we can admire and root for, people we believe can be role models. In ...
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Gambling Recovery— A Step By Step Conversation

The first and most powerful conversation with anyone who struggles with gambling addiction is their initial admission that there is a problem. It is often ...

Have You Had “The Conversation” with your Children?

Good Touch/Bad Touch. Stranger/Danger. Drugs. Alcohol. Tobacco. Sex. All the “Big Talks” to have with your children. Just when you think you have made it ...

Scholarship Opportunity

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Inmates Face Problem Gambling Habit

By Justin George The Baltimore Sun 6:00 a.m. EDT, October 8, 2014. Joy remembers the day that risking a few dollars for fun turned into ...

Problem Gambling Center Mounts Campaign Urging Restraint

By Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun, 7:47 p.m. EDT, August 31, 2014. Bythella V. Johnson lost so much — about $3,000 — on slot machines ...

Center Staff Contributes to 26th Annual NCADD Tuerk Conference

The Maryland Center of Excellence on Problem Gambling participated in the April 9th Tuerk Conference, held at the Baltimore Convention Center. This year’s theme: “Impact ...

The National Council on Problem Gambling Promotes March 2014 as National Problem Gambling Awareness Month

Gambling is all around – learn to protect yourself, protect your family and navigate problem gambling. Washington, February 27, 2014 – The prevalence of gambling ...