Is Slot Machine Addiction a Health Crisis?

The British Medical Association has officially classified slot machine gambling as a “health crisis” and many are not encouraged by the phrasing. The BMA said that the fact remains that slot machine addiction is a real crisis and they found that the National Health Service is not giving it the attention they feel it deserves. They want “urgent action” to combat the slot machine addiction.

The problem isn’t so much the fact that they want to help those with a slot machine addiction, it is the fact that in order to help them the public has to fund it – which they don’t want to do. They want taxpayers to fund national slot machine addiction preventative programs as well as counseling programs for those similarly addicted.

Those that would end up footing the bill for these slot machine addiction counseling and preventative programs are not interested in funding them. They say that their taxes are high enough, and that the government is going to have to figure something else out – maybe even remove the slot machines from the country if need be. They say that they are not willing to fund a program that probably won’t work, as has been seen before. They say that as with any addict, the slot machine addict is going to want to have to change – which usually means hitting rock bottom first.

They say that until operations are no longer being postponed and primary care trusts are hiring the proper amount of staff, only then will they consider taking care of those with a slot machine gambling problem. They think they got themselves into this mess; they can get themselves out of it.

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