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Universities across the US are beginning to provide addiction treatment to reduce the number of young people getting into debt due to a gambling addiction.
addiction treatment is being provided at a growing number of universities throughout the US in a bid to cut the number of students getting into serious debt.
There are growing concerns about the number of young people arriving at college who end up leaving with a gambling addiction, with some even being forced to quit their education as their addiction leads them into mounting levels of debt.
According to the Brown and White, the student newspaper of Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, there is a growing movement among university officials to provide services often found in rehab centers to help people cope with gambling addictions.
Madalyn C Eadline, director of the university's office of special projects, told the newspaper that at present not many universities have a concerted program to tackle gambling addiction, but suggested this is beginning to change as more students suffer from the problem.
"Although nearly all colleges and universities have policies dealing with alcohol, only around 22 per cent have formal policies on gambling," she explained.
The issue has become particularly acute at Lehigh University, as a casino recently opened near the educational institution and there are fears that many young people could be drawn to the new facility.
It is feared that more people in the US will suffer from gambling addictions in the months ahead, as people are made redundant due to the recession.
States such as Florida have already reported an increase in the number of people heading to rehab centers as a result of gambling addictions, with some being the result of people facing redundancy attempting to win their fortune.
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