Political Quotes

“I just read today in The New York Times on the front page an article entitled, ``Those Seductive Snake Eyes: Tales of Growing Up Gambling.'' The bad news is that gambling in this country is growing. The worst news is that the gambling addiction is growing fastest among young people. The article says, There is a growing concern among experts on compulsive gambling about the number of youths who, confronted with State lotteries, the growth of family-oriented casinos, and sometimes lax enforcement of wagering laws, gamble at an earlier and earlier age and gamble excessively. The story quotes a recent Harvard Medical School study which was conducted by Dr. Howard Shaffer which found that the rate of problem gambling among adolescents is more than twice the rate for adults. Twice the rate of adults, and these people are going to soon be adults. The article is shocking. It cites stories of young people who have hit the bottom at a very young age, and all because of gambling.”