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A hard drugs (cocaine) addict from Nigeria who has a laundry (wash/dry cleaning shop) for source of his financial needs sustainability is verified to had advanced in his intake of his drugs addiction. To certain point he was not financially stable to purchase the drugs as his usual. While he had learnt about gambling as means of profitablity, he though it was to be so flexible and easy as that to bet and win to he could gain and further purchase the hard drugs or his addictions.
He was attracted to the sport betting after winning in some certain stakes while visiting the bet shop but as time goes, maybe he needed a relaxation to comfortably place his bet in his privacy which triggered him to download and registered on the online gambling sports casino. He had made more counts of losts than his winnings and yet could not take control of his emotions simply because he has a goal of desperacy in chasing profits in the gambling board just to gain some money and afford himself the drugs.
He was no more concentration on his laundry business til he ran out of cash to place more stake which to him to sell laundry accessories so he could fund his online gambling wallet account. And he ignorantly submitted himself to the gambling without realizing how his life is being ruined after countless times his has lost his stakes without a given countable profits any more in drugs addicts, his laundry and so on his gambling habitual ignorantic addition too.

This has attracted to a reminder referencing individuals whom had suicidedly lost their lives, those whom had countlessly lossed their valuables, those whom had been indebted and the atrociousnesses which has indicted individuals because of gambling.
This has also called on the aifs of a political and a social influencer calling to the attentions of the president of Nigeria to bring an end and cut off the accessibilities access to online sport betting in the country in other to main a better orderliness in the society because the states of miles Nigerians undergoes is being mentally worrisome which has also made a caused of depreciations of our fiat currency Naira(#). He further stated that if betting platforms could be moderated, then the lost of the currency values would regain and boosten back it's values. https://punchng.com/experts-fear-rise-in-mental-illnesses-over-addiction-to-betting-apps/

My question>>>
* Is gambling really to be blamed about the laundry drug addict guy who engaged in gambling in order to gain more money and afford his drugs?
Because to me, he has been a drug addict before began to gamble and he strictly gambled consciencelessly just to make profit and buy himself this assorted unhealthy pills (drugs). So, I don't see anyway of gambling being responsible for his irresponsible reputations with his mentality of what triggered him to gambling and his inabilities to control his gambling.

* Was the political social influencer right to say getting to an end of online sport bets in the app stores and the moderating of gambling would regain back the devalued currency and attracts a growing economy back to the nation a right acceptable and good research?
As much as I know, individual indulgences has no stake of influences to affect the national economy at where the government folds its hands of governance While counting national welfareness reliably of the vulnerable individuals. Although, getting to an end of online sport bets from the app stores would contribute to manage the number of psychological gambling addictive effects in the country.

* Is gambling really to be blamed in ruining lifes?
Even though the online casino gambling as influences on the massive audience, I don't think it has been in any strategic or physically enforced a compulsory venture to anyone that he must gamble.
I don't see gambling walking to the players instead the players walks to the gambles so, directly and indirectly gambling has an influence but has not path to be blamed over individuals irrepressible living on their caused of gambling.

Gambling is not the problem here; the guy was the problem, and he ended up getting himself into two addictions at the same time. They should focus more on trying to save that soul from destroying himself.
 
Let's look at it this way, assuming there was nothing like gambling, and this guy is already in a state where if he doesn't take those drugs, he feels like he is losing it and can't get control of himself.

What do you think will stop him from doing anything possible just to be able to afford those drugs? And the things possible included selling those laundry properties, as it appears that's the only valuable thing he has in his possession. It's just a matter of time, and he will definitely sell the shop off to sponsor his drug habit.

Drugs will never have anything to do with and can have an influence on gambling and of the three questions you asked, there is only one question that makes me interested in discussing it.

When there is gambler who really experiences ruin because of gambling then it is clear that the main mistake is not about gambling but the gambler himself.
They decide to gamble according to their desires and thoughts, they gamble without coercion from any party so it is clear that they must be responsible for all the risks and consequences that occur.
The mistake of gamblers is not being able to have limits and self-control and of course if limits and control can be had then destruction will never happen.
From this it can be concluded that blaming gambling for the destruction that occurs is not responsible attitude and of course I would consider them to be gamblers who cannot introspect themselves.

Look, dollars are used for drug trafficking, right? Are US dollars to be blamed for whoever decides to use drugs? Same with paedophiles or weapons dealers, they use dollars, but that does not make the dollar a bad thing, it is the use that people make of it what is not right. Gambling is not wrong in itself, it is a pastime and some addictive personalities may just fall into it like they could in other stuff.

Gambling is not to blame but people who gamble excessively and want to use gambling as a source of income are to blame. There should be new regulations stating that those who gamble excessively will receive severe punishment so that those who gamble excessively can understand this and try hard to reduce their gambling activities. The government must provide education to its citizens and strictly prohibit those who want to use gambling as a source of income. But it seems that this is not easy to do because there are already many people who consider gambling as a source of income and these are the ones who need to be trained and made aware of it first, including those written by @OP. Gambling is the same as other activities, but the difference is that gambling uses money to get fun and entertainment. At the same time, other activities may also use money but perhaps not as much as gambling.

1.Yes and No. You can blame the cause of your addiction, but the main cause and problem is your lack of self-control.

2.The idea that banning gambling would force the gamblers to spend more money buying goods and services(and boosting the economy) seems reasonable and stupid at the same time. Banning gambling would only force most of the gamblers to play online via using a VPN and to visit illegal offline casinos, that are hidden in secret places.

3.The blame can be shared between the gambling industry and the gamblers. Let's not pretend that the gambling industry is completely innocent, and on the other hand, let's not pretend that the gamblers are a bunch of gullible and ignorant people, who got manipulated and forced to gamble by the casinos.

The one to blame is this man because gambling cannot be blamed, there is no forcing anyone to gamble, have you ever heard of casinos placing advertisements that force their users to gamble, I don't think we will find that and we all know that everything comes because of each individual's awareness too at your own risk, so gambling should not be blamed for bad things happening to someone who is already addicted to gambling.

Our job as gamblers should be to warn anyone and anywhere about the dangers of gambling addiction, especially since this man considers gambling as a source of income and this man thinks that gambling is a way to get rich and can buy drugs when he wins, but in fact he feels the bitter results. where the defeat he feels makes him even more frustrated, that's what not many people know is that gambling is actually not a place to make money but just for fun and entertainment, nothing more than that, so stop blaming gambling.

And that's where it gets confusing for more gamblers. They are finding someone to point their fingers at for all their regrets and I think that's normal being a human. We do love to blame others so that we will feel better about ourselves. Well, the good thing about it is, gambling site owners don't really answer this kind of blame game. They just let gamblers put all their hate to them but we all know even with that hatred, gamblers will still gamble at the end of the day. It's too difficult to let go of the entertainment and roller coaster emotional effect that it gives.

Should gambling sites take all the blame? No, I don't think so. We are gambling with the knowledge that we are risking our real money here. If we do not accept that, then we are just hypocrites trying to make money out of thin air which could not be done in gambling or any other business and investment.
Taking the risk will always be there, but in gambling, we take it to greater heights because we want the easy way and maybe even the fastest way to increase our money.
I had my share of ranting in the chatbox of one gambling site because of the lack of RTP chance after I experienced a long losing streak. But that ends there and when I wake up I am still the one to be blamed for being emotional and chasing my losses in a rush.

Drugs will give every idea  even impossible just for you to have it , because addicted in drugs
(well even in gambling) will do everything just to get what they needed and this is the hardest  addictions a human
can ever have, a drug addicted and gambling addict all in one.

even if he did not learn or find about gambling he will do what it takes just to have drugs supply
and with all of those stand that person is really in the edge of his life and that person needs help quickly  before its too late.

This is a case of "giving a dog a bad name in order to kill it". How can you blame gambling for the actions of a drug addict? Without gambling, he will chose other options to raise funds for his drug. He can go as far as stealing because he is addicted and will stop at nothing to get drugs. So, gambling has no blame for his decisions or actions.

There is no way a drug addict will not show desperation in his gambling, he cannot make clear decisions and this will affect his gambling performance. Except on luck base games such as slots, he stand no chance at making progress in skill based games because his decision making are already distorted by the influence of the drugs.

It is best we sort out our needs as well as our finances before even getting started in gambling because gambling should be seen as a way of making passive income. This is the only way to remain sane in gambling because losses will always come when we least expected.

First I will like draw an attention towards this issues because I can see is a complex case where he needs to battle for one problems before indulging in another case that could worsen the whole problem. At first he was already battling with drug addicts and didn't fight against it before looking for another source to make money.. we call this desperacy, when a man is desperate looking for money then he would do all thing to gain money and this was what attributed to his failure.

Have you also remembered that there are people who are gambling and making fortune out of it? Of course gambling has helped lots of people in our country mostly since the government has no working opportunity for her citizen, most people are using gambling to sustain their family and it has helped lots of people for that matter and if gambling is the cause of his predicament then what about his drugs addiction?

No one to be blamed apart from himself and he should work on himself to stop both, because drugs alone is worster than gambling because that can make you sell of whatever you both millions to thousand without calculating how much you spent on it, at this place we have to apportioned the blamed on him.

OP, after reading through all that you have written, I find a need to read through the article you uploaded so I can properly understand the reason why the office of the Nigerian government feels that stopping online sports gambling will help the devaluation of the naira and make it gain more value.

What I find as their reason for wanting to stop online sports gambling is what's in the quote below.



At a point, I feel that this discussion should have been pushed to the political board, but well, it's also fit on a gambling board. Just to drop a few lines as to the reason for the Naira devaluation. The major causes of the devaluation of the naira are:

Rising inflation, foreign reserve depletion, exchange rate policies, weak diversification, and heavy oil reliance. These are major causes of the naira devaluation. Now, my own question is: what has the Nigerian government done about those factors causing devaluation? What has been done about those factors to prevent the Naira from undergoing devaluation?. 

PS: I am not in any way opposing the decision of the Nigerian government to protect their naira, but guess what? I also checked on the rate of gambling in the US and how much is being gambled off every year, and the value was huge, yet the dollar has more value than the naira.



To answer your question, @OP, I would say that gambling is not to blame. People have a choice in everything they do in life, and if an individual chooses to become addicted to something, they should have themselves to blame and nothing else. Perhaps he was already addicted to drug intake; even if he had not ventured into gambling, he definitely would have still sold all his property and used the money to buy drugs because, from his lifestyle as described, he lacks self-control. What the government should even be doing now is carrying out an investigation to find out who is actually supplying cocaine to the victim in discussion.

Don't blame gambling why some people got their lives ruined. We are the ones responsible for where should we end. Our life depends on our actions. I know the environment around us plays a big role in our behaviour but are just going to let other things affect what are we supposed to do?

Gambling is just there, silent and idle and these people are the ones who entered and want to test what gambling is. Nothing wrong but make sure once we enter gambling, we know and are aware of the things that we should do and always keep ourselves away from the trap of gambling as much as possible.

*When you are drug addicted then for sure you would really be dealing up with things or engaging into something that could give out that fast income or profit on which gambling do checks out that tick box.
*Its does have its pros and cons, but usually government would really be that focusing much more on tax revenue rather than on thinking about other possible matters.
*The only one that you could really be able to blame is only yourself, you havent been forced to do gambling and spend up tons on it. Its not bad to gambler if you
do really just that make yourself that responsible and discipline then you wont really be putting up yourself on such trouble or possible problem.

Based on my understanding, I will assume that the guy is also knowledgeable about the sports he has chosen to bet on and that might be the reason why he can manage and pull some profits in sports betting. His knowledge of that said sport lures him to gamble more because if he just gambles just out of nowhere, I think he will choose to gamble instead of the usual slot games and anything that requires only luck.

I think even if that guy is involved in drugs or not, he will still end up gambling because of the interest.

If someone complain gambling can ruin someone else life or could make a problem because it's to make money, the government should ban fiat and adopt communist ideology, so no one would be rich except the government.

Incorrect, fiat is already a failed currency, by the mechanism, there's no way fiat value will increase because it has unlimited supply and backed by nothing. It's true online gambling could reduce the country's income because it's not taxed, but as I said there's no relation between online casino and fiat value.

      -   I believe the influencers who promote online casinos in various fields of social media platforms are influencing many people who are ruining the livelihoods of others who are trying because of their fraudulent claims when they promote casinos.

The fraud in their promotion is very acute, like the words that most influencers will use to say that when you sign up with their link, you will definitely not experience defeat; instead, you will experience only winning, as they hyped showing a lot of money on their video ads.

Generally what we see is drugs and gambling, two things that are linked to each other. It seems that it is not cool to use drugs without gambling. In this case, my understanding is that it is not gambling that is to blame, the users themselves are to blame, many of them gamble without using drugs.

I haven't found research and haven't read anything like that, regarding gambling, politics, economics and so on, maybe I have to search deeper to answer this.

It's not gambling that should be blamed, it's those who gamble that should be blamed, gambling has no thoughts while humans have all that to think.

I had to go through the original article and from what I noticed I don’t think gambling is the main issue here.

Since we're talking about a drug addict who, at some point, didn't have enough money to buy his drugs and had to turn to gambling to make ends meet, assuming this person didn't gamble, there's a good chance he'd have turned to something more unethical to fund his drugs.  We shouldn’t forget that drug addiction is one of the major causes of crime in the society.

He had a goal when he started gambling, and every time he checks into his account, all he thinks about is how to make millions of dollars for his medications; people like this never do anything productive. They're users here who have been gambling for years; they were already gamblers before joining Bitcointalk, and they know exactly what they want every time they check in - when to fold, when to hold, and when to walk away.

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If you read the article, you'll notice that he mentioned his drugs being expensive, and I'm sure the majority of them are illegal, but those proposing a gambling ban didn't discuss how to stop the circulation of those drugs that are being abused, because it's clear that his case was caused by his drug addiction, which has the potential to impair his reasoning capacity. Instead they want to stop betting.

i say gambling adds to the reason why he ends up miserable right now. and though he could still be there when his drug addiction takes over him but he could be saved still if he just relied on his laundry business to haave a supply of his drugs. instead, he turned to gambling which he has no control over.

the drugs still are the reason why he gambles. he wanted more of the cocaine. it's not a cheap drug.

What a combination, cocaine, which is not exactly cheap as electronicash says, and gambling. A straight road to ruin.


In the end he was left with nothing, no gambling, no business and no drugs. Probably now he will do other more unethical things to get money and continue with his vices. These stories usually end fatally, with the protagonist in jail and dying young.

You have made your post too long and boring to go through.

However, how will this fly? Is banning of online gambling the solution? No. Is anyone forced into gambling or drug, No. You can be influenced into it but as an adult you should know what you want. Apart from gambling online, gamblers also spend lavishly on offline gambling, they lose hugely and so, it is irrelevant where you lose whether offline or online there is no need painting online gambling black for the fault of inept gambler who is seeking to take care of his financial challenges and obligations or what have you with gambling.

We know you can't gamble more than what you set your mind for because if you do that there is chances you will sell off your belongings chasing back your loses and that is what has happened to the drug addict.

The one to blame is the drug addict because he is already addicted to drugs and he is addicted to gambling, which makes him have two gambling addictions. He must realize that his condition is worsening and immediately heal himself. But he won't be able to realize this because he has two addictions.
I'm not an economist, so I don't know about it. But perhaps regulating online betting in app stores could be done to reduce the number of people addicted to gambling. But this is difficult to do because it requires education for people or the wider community so that they can understand that gambling can have bad consequences.
It is not the fault of gambling but the fault of the people who have used gambling beyond their limits. People consider gambling as a way to make money and they use a lot of money to be able to make money. That is the biggest mistake because gambling is not designed to provide income to anyone, even though gambling can provide winnings to lucky people.

Well, I will answer all of these questions in general because I feel like they have the same idea.

The problem belongs to people's perception of the subject (the field of gambling) and it always comes with different views from people themselves. If I blame a certain area, I just give an example of how many people blame food as the cause of obesity :) , like not liking to admit their own mistakes and just seeing the society around us causes us problems.

I see that the love of thinking in society is something that everyone needs to be trained through the process, and all the nuances exposed before our eyes are like lessons and reminders of the knowledge we have contact. With gambling I always keep a relaxed attitude because I am the one who makes the choices about it, and rather about the responsibility when playing these things, so any other story is one of the lessons we are exposed to.

They say drugs like cocaine affect your decision making, so I could see why it would be a bad idea to rail a bunch of lines and start gambling with your life savings. That being said, if you’re on a winning streak and haven’t slept in over a day, I can’t think of a better way to stay alert at the table. (Joking, don’t do drugs kids)

Let's be honest, especially (drugs)

Even without drugs using some medicine while the purpose is for medical and bring the good things, some people just can used these to get high. IMO, all depends on the individual (drug) cannot really be blame.

If you search on internet, some drug can be used as medical purpose however due the restricted people cannot used it and guess what ? the person die. Gambling it's fo ethertaimen only while you can afford to lose, like you buy beer with your money. You can use the money you are gonna to use for beer for gambling.

* In no way can we blame gambling and consider the gambler a victim of it. This is a fallacy that people should realize is wrong.
I will give you an example to understand the extent of the fallacy. When I give you a car and you drive badly and have a serious accident, do we blame the car or its driver for the accident?

* Honestly, I re-read the question several times and could not understand what you wanted to ask about. I'm sorry to tell you that your English is very bad. Please try to rephrase it.

* It can be said that gambling is the reason for ruining the lives of many people, but it cannot be held responsible absolutely. The idea is that no one wakes up one day to find himself addicted to gambling or that gambling is a disease that affects individuals. Every person is responsible for his choices, and therefore falling victim to addiction is the result of a self-decision. This is another example to understand. When someone kills someone using a gun, do we blame the gun and say that it caused the crime?

Anyone who blames gambling for ruining their live must be very irresponsible.

Gambling is neutral. Naturally, anyone who doesn't follow the classic gambling rules is bond to ruin their own lives. Here is an example of small habits of irresponsible gamblers that builds up to massive addiction that eventually ruins their lives and career.

- You spend more than 3 hours every day gambling.
- You use 90% of your income for gambling and the 10% other things.
- When you lose, you bet a bigger amount because you think you will win them again.
- you are loaning money, telling lies, stealing just to fund your gambling habits.

I know the above may look a bit exaggerated but it is what happens. The inability of the gambler develop self control leads to self-destruction equal ruining their lives.

Nope- gambling is not to be entirely blamed on this but it further enhanced his prior drug addiction.

I agree with what you said- he was already an addict to begin with. Let us take away gambling for a second: most likely he would find another venture (not gambling) in order to continue sustaining that kind of lifestyle. It just so happened that gambling was his game of choice in furtherance of this first addiction, which was drug abuse.


It may affect but removing online sport bets in app stores will not have that kind of massive effect.

There are many factors that contribute to the devaluing a currency of a certain country. In contrary to his statement as well, gambling generates tons of revenue in a certain country if they are regulate by the government properly.

Take Philippines as an example, the revenue generated by their gambling establishments is the number one (1) responsible for the most generated money annually. This speaks on how gambling can definitely have a positive effect on the economy if properly established and regulated.


Gambling contributes on why people ruined their lives. In a way, gambling clouds one's judgement and rationality to the point that they only seek the satisfaction of winning. In order to profit also, they would have to continuously bet.

While the approach of a person mainly contributes on how he/she gets to be successful, gambling somehow clouds this and necessarily affects the judgement of people. So in a way, gambling does ruin the lives of people who DO NOT KNOW how to control their urges.

Just what a drug addict needs, one more thing to get addicted to and help in making life-destroying decisions.
I might sound harsh, but he only has himself to blame for his problems. No one forced drugs up his mouth, nose, or arms. He bought and used it. No one forced him to gamble away his money on gunpoint, it was his decision. Now, it's him who is paying the price and being forced to face the consequences. 

He could have had a nice life, running a profitable business. He could have used the profits to lead a healthy life, buy quality food, better himself both mentally and physically, and travel the world, but he chose a different path.

There are many things created by humans which were meant to be used for a specific purpose but later people used it for something else.
Gambling was created to be enjoyed as a fun activity and for leisure but people started using it as a way to earn money.
That is where most people make the mistake and cannot control themselves from over gambling.
Gambling cannot be blamed for this because its the people who are doing it wrongly.

I will blame the gambler for his doom because he decided to abandon his laundry shop that has being assisting him to take care of his drug expenses and decided to see gambling as the best alternative to get rich quick to use on his drug expenses. Laziness and greed took over him and he messed up his life with gambling. He was OK when he was doing drugs with his small business but he frustrated himself when he jumped into gambling. This is the same way that anyone who is not into drugs will also end up if he thinks that gambling is a means to make profit because that person will end up an addict and he will keep on chasing his loss to his doom. On what Omokri said, he is only beating around the bush, this is because Nigeria is a consuming country and don't produce any of those commodity in the country, but import most of them. This is what led to the poor economy state and not gambling. Let the government think of producing more than consuming and the economy will improve. It is bad to have people with low mentality in the government because they wouldn't be able to figure out the problem that the country is facing and it's solution.

Gambling is something different entirely from drugs addiction irrespective of the kind of drugs, some people engage on drugs just to be able to earn from it while some to use it for their personal desires, gambling cannot be able to afford the cost for drugs Incase of the addicted gambler, most that are into drugs get money from it to use for gambling and not depending on gambling winnings to be able to afford buying those drugs because most of them are expensive.


No, we should blame self for being an addicted gambler or a drug addict, there are many attrocities in life and for the fact that they are all present around us doesn't mean that we must have to partake in them, they will do us nothing than harm.

when i read the first paragraph of your story, i didn't even need to read the whole story and immediately knew who was at fault here. the one who is to blame here is that he is so stupid that he can become addicted to gambling and drugs. gambling and drugs are not to be blamed, because if he is smart he should understand that drug addiction alone can make people worse, especially if it is combined with gambling addiction.

hopefully he doesn't commit a crime because usually people who have become addicted to drugs and gambling like that will usually commit crimes when they no longer have money to feed their addiction.

The character you described has two major problems. Drug addiction and using gambling to fund it. I blame him one hundred percent for assuming that he can fund his drug addiction with an unpredictable source of income. Depending on gambling as an alternative source of income is risky but depending on it as a main source of income will naturally lead to disaster. He needs to go to rehab to cure his drug addiction and learn how to gamble responsibly.

I doubt if that is what this influencer said because it doesn't make any sense. Regulating gambling and making strict laws discourage gambling firms from Investing in the country. This will cause a reduction in tax revenue and lead to unemployment. Gambling firms pay high taxes and licence fees which is a major source of revenue for the government. Casinos and bet houses also create employment opportunities for the labor force of the country. So gambling platforms will even contribute to the growth of the economy.

Gambling is not to blame for the problems people have the challenge is irresponsible gambling. I know that we have more responsible gamblers than addicts.

On a norms, gambling is gambling but the important part of it is that no gambler should ever use or see gambling as a means of making money because they will end up losing losing losing and losing their money.
Although, sometimes some gamblers likely win some good amount of money and sometimes we also lose money too, so when a gambler who's gambling for profit start losing his or her money in gambling they will try to look fir away that they will win back the money that they have lost while gambling.

Nah, in the first place, the man is already addicted in drugs before engaging in gambling, the fact that he is addicted he would definitely do anything just to have his hands on that cocaine. He saw an opportunity in gambling to have a quick cash grab as he experienced winning but luck wouldn't be always on your side, that reason enough gambling as a source of money isn't recommendable since it's not consistent and stable.

Just imagine you put more logs into the fire what would might happen? When one addiction uses another addiction to sustain the other needs, it wouldn't be balanced as the other one you haven't sustain already catched up. It will literally ruin someone's life just like the OP stated, the man has a stable income from his laundry shop, now that his addiction to gambling also increased, it reached to the point where he would sell his properties just to have enough money for gambling. Well, if he might win for sure it would go straight into the drugs not to reinvest it to his business.

I don't believe gambling should be blamed for ruining someone's life. It's an activity individuals choose to engage in, and it doesn't force anyone to play. Some people, however, take it to the extreme and end up harming themselves. Casinos and gambling centers are just running their businesses, and if you choose not to play, they won't force you. The person you mentioned using gambling funds for addictive drugs is responsible for his choices. Gambling should be done by individuals who can responsibly manage it, setting limits for themselves.

In my opinion it makes no difference what exactly ruined this guy - drugs or gambling (or all at once). It is important to realize that if a person takes heavy drugs, when he is sober he is aware of what he is doing and understands that most likely his life will get worse every day. He has made his own choice to continue to slowly but surely kill himself. He has only himself to blame for losing everything he had, not gambling or cocaine.

The individual is highly irresponsible and he is the only one who should be blamed for whatever he ended up or will be.

Gambling is no way near to consider it as a way of increasing the revenue source which is simple knowledge that anyone may know but some think that they can beat the system and make the life better by doing nothing but it happen only for one in a thousand or even higher and the remaining people will be on the other side.

You nailed it, the guy in question who couldn't control himself from drug abuse ventured into gambling which is even worse in my own rating, reason being that drug abuse  was just deleting his money and isn't taking away his concentration from his business. He doubled his problem by including gambling which demands great concentration and by so doing lost interest in his business and list the capital to fuel his addiction life.

Gambling had the perfect opportunity to deal with the guy the way it knows best, it ruined him to the extent he has to sell this properties that once gave him his daily bread and sustained his drug addiction. If he ever recovered from this, he should be considered very lucky cos his problem is not one that can be  solved without much stress as he needs to visit a rehabilitation center too help with his drug addiction.

Gambling must be done with full control, remembering that because gambling is a type of game that is full of challenges and risks, it really must be played calmly. And if someone is under the influence of drugs, it is certain that he has lost consciousness and someone who is under the influence of drugs tends to be emotional and temperamental. So it will be difficult for him to gamble calmly, which ultimately encourages him to behave recklessly.

And in this case, it's not gambling that's wrong. but it is this person who has misunderstood and interpreted gambling itself. It is wrong to think that gambling can provide profits, it is wrong to think that gambling doubles your money. And we also have to remember, that the casino never forces someone to visit and play at the casino, they only make an offer and the rest is up to you personally, whether to gamble or not.

Gambling, neither drugs were responsible for his choices in life. He was responsible for his own actions. That is how things work in real world. Inanimate objects or activities can't be blamed for individuals' decisions. He decided to do drugs, and then to gamble in order to afford his initial addiction. Consequently, he suffered the consequences for his choices. You can't expect to sow apples and gather oranges... Evil seeds will develop into evil fruits.

The most notorious traits of a social influencer is to be a deceiver, hypocritical, demagogue and populist individual. They use these "skills" to grab the attention of the public, who generates views and engagement for them on social networks. That is how they make money for a living. If they have to lie about creating miraculous solutions to solve society's struggles with simple steps, they will do this without any constraints. Of course banning gambling won't solve all the problems your nation faces, otherwise they wouldn't exist a long time ago, when online gambling popularity wasn't exploding yet.

The reply for this question is the same of the first one.

Regardless of what reason, addiction will be always negative so what more if the case is one addiction to another? Simply means that the guy really needs help before his obsession of things manifest into worse; robbery and such. If the concern is what behavior to target in order to lessen the occurence, then that's for professionals to decide. Problem is we tend to overlook addiction with symptoms in line with exposure, however that's not only the factor to consider in order to determine whether an individual is addicted already.Bottomline is, he needs professional help.
No one is to be blamed; there's no need to do so. What's better is to focus on the solution and that is obviously professional help. Assuming that there are government sectors handling addiction and rehabilitation in his area, it would be a huge help if he will be convinced to get himself treated and best if he will be having the initiative to do so.

Also, it is not always the idea of beating the house but more of pushing one's luck to get rich despite of the losses a gambler already have.

On the time that addiction with gambling becomes severe then you would really be losing up yourself into thinking about the right things on which you might really be that even ended up on
going into the path on taking up some drugs on which it is really just that on extreme kind of situation on which you did really reach out into this point on which you are really just
that basically making yourself or life will be miserable on which you are  really that putting yourself on such big problem if you do make yourself having both
addictions on which one could destroy your health and one could make possibly sleep you in the streets because of having no money.

Addiction needs help but gambling or the drug or whatever the person is addicted not force the addicted individual to use it, so the person decides whether knowingly or unknowingly the outcomes which is why we can't blame gambling or online casino method for someone who got addicted to it.

Addiction rehabilitation works differently in every country so if where we live has a good system then we can count on the free support provided by the government or else better take the private centres which obviously comes with the price tag.

This is the more reason why we tell people that, drug addiction is worse than gambling addiction. The risk drug addition tend to pose in our life is more dangerous than we can imagine, it might even kill us before we think of quiting. In this case I won't put the blame of gambling because, the addiction in drug is the cause in the first place. Beside there is no guarantee that gambling will continue to payout for him buy his drugs, fact remains that he only lucky.

Honestly, I feel very uncomfortable if I gamble with drug addicts. They really play with full emotion and without self-control or good emotions. And when they lose, they really don't have the ability to accept that defeat, so in the end they get angry and unclear. I really couldn't play with them, although on the one hand I had an advantage because they played without good control and played carelessly, so it was quite easy for me to win the game in every session. But when I got the win and the addict lost badly, there was no money left. The drug addict's emotions immediately peaked because he didn't want to accept the exhaustion he was experiencing, until finally he forced me to return the money and accused me of cheating. And it's not uncommon for the game to end in a fight. In my opinion, drug addicts should be prohibited from entering casinos, because they can disturb the comfort of other people and will only cause a commotion.

Why should we look at it that way, gambling is not to be blame in this situation because the guy was already an addict before going into gambling, and beside he thought that he can use gambling to find his addictions,  not knowing that gambling also is addictive as the substance he was taking so he slid into double addiction and the situation becomes worst for him.


Well why he feels so much impact when he added gambling to the cocaine addictions he was previously suffering from is because both activities takes money and no return for it,  while gambling give you promises of winning and leaving you with your luck, cocaine on the other hand is just lose lose lose with no promise of anything.

In my opinion too, Gambling should not be over the situation that occurs in drug addicts.
Drug addicts can do anything other than gambling such as getting drunk, committing other crimes in public places to earn easy money.

Gambling will only be a dead end for those drug addicts and not the place.
No drug addict who will play gambling sounds right, they will always lose and they have no control.

You know, gambling is probably not to blame for the fact that a person cannot control himself. Gambling simply brings this out. Secondly, there are people who use games only for entertainment.
In some countries, in order not to completely ban gambling, they did a very smart thing. Games can be played in specially designated areas. These are often expensive resorts or expensive hotels. That is, a person who takes the last money from his family cannot physically get there, and there are only very rich people there who can afford to visit this place

You won't see people say that it was "the fault of gambling" in a gambling forum. It's the same as asking people in a drug forum if drugs are to blame for addiction or people. The vast majority will tell you that it's people and IMO this is the way it is, but I'd like to see someone claim otherwise for the sake of the argument.
The way I see it, the existence of an object or action cannot be blamed for people's choices regarding it. When you see berries, you can eat them or not. It's not the fault of the berries that some of them are poisonous.

One way to look at it. But for me, gambling on local brick-and-mortar casinos definitely poses threats to users as most of them act as gateway to other types of addiction, which unfortunately includes getting high and addicted off of drugs.

When you're gambling and you're stressed or you're with people who are just as stressed and desperate for the adrenaline rush as you are, you'll start finding happiness in other things that are just nearby. With a large density of people and money involved local casinos have the highest propensity for introducing drugs to future users, as most of them either make it their base of operations, selling the drugs to hapless gamblers as well as those who need their energy boost for that all-nighter gambling session, or just an outright way to get high and lose track of yourself and the world cause apparently the casino's bright lights aren't enough for them lol. I think this is how the guy got mixed in with some bad apples, cause ain't no way he's getting all his drugs out of a whatsapp contact from the internet lol.

All the more reasons for you to know where your lines should be crossed and what limits you should never go beyond of. Soon as you do that you're safe from any form of addiction and you're also saving your lungs from excessive second-hand smoking that you'll get when you gamble, so all in all it's a massive win-win situation for you!

The miles in the comparison is much,we all know what gambling addiction does to us,that it reduces our level of success in life,it puts us into depression when we weren't supposed to know anything about that,gambling addiction is bad,but drug addiction is worse than that.Drug addiction has to do with what you inhale,take in,this is what goes down to have effect on your mental health.Some of the drugs turns you into an insane person,some of it makes you to be violent in nature,while some of the drugs just puts you in depression ,it makes you feel worthless and useless in life.To.mention but a few,so it's better to be addicted to gambling,than to be addicted to drugs because the effect of drug abuse on man is worse than what gambling addiction can do to man.

bottomline, don't blame any of this habit because it is the person himself who is responsible with his actions. gambling or drugs will always be there, so it is the person himself will be the one who can handle himself on this matter. there are so many vices that a person can be addicted with, and so such vice is not responsible for the screw up of the person as it is the choice of the person in the first place.

It is his cross to bear alone, seeing he loves the high and cherishes the excitement of risk.
Gambling sure is pleasurable and exciting, I can't say about how it feels when one is in an altered state of mind, but while some just loose money, others may experience trauma and emotional disruptions.

There's little sway in what the social influencer said, but the population of those who spend much on gambling or betting don't even measure up to what is spent on hard drugs alone, of which has more impact on the economy as compared to gambling.
Still, gambling can be regulated and sports bet in the app store can be eliminated but it is not of much impact unless gamblers and bettors decide to be more responsible and accountable for their individual finances.

You are the ones who should really be getting blamed in all the things that you are currently experiencing now on which any forms of addictions whether drugs or gambling then it wont really be giving out something good into you on which any forms of addiction is something that wont really be that good to someone. It would be always best that you should really know on how to hover yourself
and having that control on what are the things that you should really be engaging. You would really be compromising all things around if you wont really be that mindful about
on the things that you are dealing with. Also, there's no one to be blamed of but rather only yourself since you are the ones who do make out decisions.

1. He was already thinking of gambling as a source of money. I think at that point he was already lost since, well, gambling isn't a source. It's a form of entertainment. He probably should've simply chosen between the two, drugs or gambling (preferably the latter really since it can be controlled unlike the former).

2. Afaik gambling has always been a form of activity or commerce that encourages growth in the economy since it encourages people to spend money. If people didn't spend money, economy wouldn't move after all now would it? It was an idea you could often see back in the pandemic where the government persuaded people, even with stimulus checks, to spend money so that the economy of their country would continue slowly after the virus has alleviated.

3. The person themselves, not gambling. Otherwise, you would've already seen cigarettes, drugs, alcohol, or any addictive and harmful substance be banned by the government. In the end, those are tools, and mediums for enjoyment. As long as no one can tell that those things "force" you to use them, then it won't ever be banned. At least in a global scale, locally afaik some towns/cities have banned usage or limited them already.

Gambling cannot and will not be blamed for anybody's misfortune, like you did stated, gambling has never gone to anyone rather the people we to it, so it was a. Intentional act these people did engaged in knowing the consequences that follows but then they felt at some point they wouldn't be victims of the situation see day.

Gambling was made to have fun but then just like addict who gambled to enable raise money for his drug, was not at that point gambling for fun but was gambling to make money so his emotions are definitely not the usual, they will be high and cause them to indulge in unhealthy practice so as to be able to fund their account and be able gamble with the hops that they will make more money From gambling but they sadly gets disappointed, the problem is usually in the individual and not in gambling because gambling has no power over you,  you control your finances and your appetite so you cannot blame it on gambling.

We’re almost always the cause of our own misfortunes. And in this case, the fault lies squarely with the individual. He was probably addicted first to drugs and to continue to get more satisfaction, he’ll increase his intake.
Heard a misconception about gambling and quickly became interested as it seemed like a cool easy avenue to bring in more money. Enough to buy to his fill.
Entering the gambling scene, his desire to win quickly got him hooked as well. He had let his desires control his actions and in furtherance, his life.

Gambling is gambling but the problem is that many people use gambling as a means to make money and they don't realize that it is a mistake and should end it immediately and find another way to make money. They cannot make money continuously because gambling is not a place to make money but just to have fun. Even though they can make money, it won't happen every day so they have to be aware of that and not try hard to get it. And if there is a drug addict who is also a gambling addict, that will only make the problem bigger because these two addiction problems are more than enough to make his life a mess. They should stop it immediately by visiting a rehabilitation center to get help from doctors.

I can't imagine how someone can be addicted to gambling and also addicted to drugs whereas having one of the addictions in this case can destroy a person's future very quickly whereas in the case described OP has both addictions and I'm sure he is an insane person.

but what I'm thinking right now is why a drug addict can become addicted to gambling while a drug addict always thinks about drugs to buy without thinking about gambling and for me this really doesn't make sense if a drug addict has the desire to make big money from gambling while he was destroyed because he was too addicted to drugs.

I support you, if you already have awareness regarding your addiction, it would be better to immediately go to a professional doctor to provide rehabilitation to help cure your addiction.

Addiction and drug consumption have complex aspects, they attack any culture and social level, what differentiates each country is how they treat the problem and how they prepare for the future.

Australia is one of the countries where gambling is very popular, the United States is the country that consumes the most drugs, so it is not just about poor countries, in that idea, it is about information and moral social treatment.

Anyway, I don't understand why your context has to land on this gambling board, it is a social, political issue.

Like you have said already, there is no time when a casino will force someone to come and gamble in their place; gamblers go there by themselves to place a bet, and this is something that has to do with personal decisions for which the casino is not to be held responsible in any way.
 
The person in question is an addict and needs to work on himself, and with or without the casino, the person is already addicted to something, so if the casino is not there, he might look for other means of trying to get quick money, which could lure him to something else. There are other ways that those who are not responsible use to spend and waste money, up to the extent of selling their properties. Casino is just one of them.

Just because he tried to fund it by gambling how would gambling be the issue here? If that guy worked at the building site to fund his drug habits, would we blame building sites for it?

Irresponsibility and drug addiction is the problem here, the fact he thought he could fund it by gambling is either him lying or he doesn't know how income works, or he was just addicted to gambling as well. But let's not be that fast to judge his decisions, because some of them might not be "decisions", but just acts one does in withdrawal.

Gambling of course can ruin some lifes as it's not for everyone. Almost anything that you get hooked to and when you lose control is bad for you. Doubly so when there's so much monetary responsibilities involved.

But from what you write, it sounds like your country needs their gambling laws fixed.

We can't blame a person for what happens to a person today, because whatever he ends up doing, he should be aware of what he is doing. When a person becomes addicted to drugs and is even more involved in gambling, he will become more confused, he will no longer be able to control the things he does that can even lead to bad things like crime. There is nothing wrong with gambling as long as we know our limitations. It's not easy as what we think, but if you think about it and you already know the consequences, you'll be scared. right? you'll be more careful because you don't want to be like other people who have ruined their lives because of their habits.

hard drugs are always really strong and unpredictable on real (medium long) term effects.

This is a curious question. Gambling is not ruining nothing if you play wisely... It's just a form of fun... an hobby nothing more.
Remember (here I am talking as registered pharmacist that work actually in a pharmacy in Italy) you need to get an help for cocaine addiction that requires even YEARS to be addressed, gambling is probably the last problem in this case.

So the main question is, how that building site do knows that those amounts came from drugs? How they would be able to know for them to prohibit a particular gambler on playing into the venue?
This what makes it hard to detect whether those fiats or money are tainted or do came from illegal things or not, unless if there would really be that obvious exchange then it would really be that a total illegal thing but i highly doubt this thing considering that no physical casinos would really be that allowing such thing yet this isnt something a business that you could easily be busted up by the authorities because of illegal doings.
There's no other things which you can really be able to blame with but rather on that person itself because if he wont really be that making himself engaging too much with gambling or having that
addiction then he wont really be able to end up with those kind of situation or circumstances. Gambling addiction could really lead up into different possible scenarios on which an individual might really be getting involved with on which on the time that addiction hits hard then this is where it would be starting for you to do things even if its illegal or simply it could really give out that kind of risk into yourself.

Its never been worth on trying out to tolerate things on which you do know that it wouldnt really be that giving that good impact into you. You should really be that mindful about on the things
that you are dealing and the actions that you are really that taking. You cant really just that make yourself do make out some reckless decisions.

What ruins lives is not gambling. gambling is just a means to get pleasure. because it cannot be denied that gambling addicts will not feel calm if they still have not made a bet on their gambling. but keep in mind not to use illegal drugs just to calm down when experiencing excessive defeat. because that will damage the brain and mental health.

Well, that's beyond our thinking, but that's the reality out there, and we also don't know what happened until he had two addictions. This could endanger his life and destroy his future and that of his family because his family will feel the impact of his addiction.

Maybe he was just addicted to drugs at first but then he saw how people could win from gambling. They also tried their luck by gambling but what happened was that they lost. And finally, they are also addicted to gambling, so they experience two addictions at once, which adds to the problem even more.

By visiting a professional doctor, it can help him cure his addiction but it may take time because there are two addictions at once. He should be aware of his addiction and his family should be able to help him heal.

There are actually people who can say that. Like me for example, I already made a reply before in which I say that it was also the fault of gambling on why there are problem gamblers. It is also the fault of the people because they play on them. On your " berry " example, I think it was the fault of the berries on why they are poisonous but it's only up to the person if they will eat them or not.

Though I'm sure that a people that can think clearly won't eat them. Using it as a comparison to gambling was still far IMO because even if gambling is known to be highly addicting and risky, many people are still playing at them. And some of them can still be responsible.

I mean. This guy OP is talking about got in trouble as soon as could not control the craving to consume more of those hard drugs. Even if he only stayed on that addiction alone he would have ended up selling much of his assets to get more of it, sadly the fact he got into gambling only accelerated his trajectory down hill.
That is honestly the most dangerous and saddest part of those addictions, one cannot longer think logically and realize about the endless string of mistakes one is committing.
I know there is an important market for those kind of drugs there in Nigeria, that country is part of the path cocaine is trafficked up towards Europe. One could only hope there was more rehabilitation centers and clinics for those who end up calling into those addictions, before they sell all their possessions to continue to fuel their cravings.
It is quite sad...

I agree with this, it is the person not the drug or even the gambling.
It is their own action that destroyed their life, if he didn't touch or get addicted to drugs there is a chance that he wouldn't be addicted to gambling.
People could change if they really want to, and for me it is all just an excuse that they are addicted to something and couldn't get over it.
They just need strong determination to move out of their bad habit, step by step it would surely be a slow progress but if they could do it from time to time, they could surely fix their life.

Exactly gambling cannot be blamed in this scenario. The guy I question was a drug addict of which most are also gambling addicts.
You don't expect someone who can not help but take hard drugs often just to satisfy their nasty addiction to not do same with gambling. just as he is to blame for his actions and not the drugs, he is also to blame for his wrong way of practicing gambling. Gambling is a neutral act and when most haters classify it as an evil act , they do so from their view about addicts.

Gambling doesn't ruin lives rather peoples attitude towards gambling does, gambling was supposed to be a means of entertainment or catching fun, personally I do referr to it as an expensive fun although there are room for little stakes but then you have to make some stakes to be able to participate in such fun.

Some persons go beyond making gambling fin and entertaining to making it their source of income and that's where they start having issues gambling and probably turn addicted and when they become addicted and indulge in unhealthy practice they blame it on gambling meanwhile they had a very wrong approach towards it. When compared with drugs they are almost the same because they both come with the adrenaline rush and also the desire to satisfy such craving which until it's satisfied they don't get at ease.

This is a different addiction and we should not blame gambling if you’re already addict in drugs.
Though gambling can make it worst as you are being exposed again in other market where you can be addict again and in gambling you can have the chance to multiply your money and that’s why many drug addict are also into gambling. Being responsible is always the best option, if you are addict in drugs better to start rehabilitate yourself and don’t gamble, because it can make the situation worst.

I do think as well that it's very different addiction and there are no correlation to one another. And maybe those drug addicts are just hiding from the fact that they want to gamble to get more money and so they can buy more drugs and that is b**s**t. I think here, admit it or not, there are a lot of gambling addicts, but you will not here us saying this excuses or going into drugs.

Gambling as vices is enough already. Don't ruined it with going into drugs as it is worst. The only thing that I see on both is that maybe individuals are using drugs and gambling as a way to cope stress and or anxiety. But then again, as I have said, it will just make it worst and we shouldn't go on this direction.

Addiction could correlate on one another yet actions could chain up basing up on the condition specially when it involves money or funding.  8)

If you do saw that you dont have money to sustain your addiction towards drugs, then you could possible be stealing up money, you could be making those illegal acts or you might be thinking
on playing gambling because winning or making money is easy?. You would definitely be having these kind of impressions and anticipations on which it would really be leading on those kind of acts.

In overall, it would really be just that depending on someones acts because if they wont really be that having that sense of what right and wrong kind of decision
then they would really be ending up on having that kind of situations on which might be leading into disaster financially and even into your own health.

This person's life was already ruined before he even got into gambling, why are you saying that gambling is to blame?
Even though he made a lot of money from gambling at first to support his drug addiction, we cannot blame gambling for the addicted life he was leading before that.

Of all the evils, at least he led a dignified life, as he supported his drug addictions with an honest source of income (at first). Many drug addicts prefer to steal or open a clandestine and fraudulent business to get money faster, this would be a bad thing. But the way you stated this fact, I see nothing wrong with gambling.

What I have seen in online gaming addictions is exactly the opposite.... people who are already addicted to gambling end up contracting other addictions to illicit drugs, alcohol or cigarettes due to the psychological stress that gambling losses cause in the people's minds out of control.

Yeah agreed.  Gambling isn't the issue most cases its the people who can't make a good decision to save tueor life.  I know people who are just addicted to anything they do whether drugs, gambling, working out etc. Gambling with an agenda to support another habit will never work out too many irrational decisions.

Drugs or other similar intoxicating drugs have a substance that removes memory, consciousness and also by slightly cutting the nerves of brain performance which ultimately makes it really difficult for them to find the best way or decision about the problem they are experiencing, such as the case we are discussing. If he basically likes the act of taking drugs like that or even has been very dependent on drugs with a note that there is a bad feeling or his fitness decreases if he doesn't consume it then I think it's quite reasonable if he takes any action even if it doesn't make sense like trying to make a profit from gambling to finance the purchase of drugs because it's quite difficult to be in a good enough level of consciousness to be able to reach a better decision if he basically has a bad habit that in addition to the impact of these drugs can damage the nerves of the brain.

I think this is a really worrying situation, what concerns me is as you said that he is using gambling as an  alternative to earning money in order to fund other habits. It's like being stuck in a hole and he's digging that hole again which will certainly cause new problems that will make it even more difficult to climb up to save himself.

He already had a drug addiction before he got to know gambling, and the added knowledge of gambling addiction further worsened his life and made him have two addictions, which both made his life worse. He will not always be able to make money from gambling to buy drugs because, in gambling, he will experience losses, and that will make him lose a lot of money. If he has lost a lot of money while his drug addiction requires him to consume drugs, he may commit a crime, which will further worsen the situation.

This addiction problem is hazardous for people, so we must be able to avoid it and not get too close to gambling or drugs. Moreover, there are many victims of these two addictions, so we have to be more careful in protecting ourselves.

That's not always the case, every kind of person can be addicted to drugs/gambling and their living circumstances decides which way they are going after that, even someone from the lower middle class can work their ass off and just to satisfy their urge of addiction but media always portrays that addicted person involved in the robbery, etc.

Sounds like his addiction to drugs lead him into gambling? People do this type of mistakes but I don't blame the drug and the gambling, the blame is on him for making a poor decision.

Also gambling works in mystery ways at time, maybe he is like someone I know that gets more lucky placing bets on sports in a local casino than doing it online, this person have more losses when gambling online than actually vsisting a casino nearby, I told him to follow the path that works for him and he did.

I think people should be self aware, there are many things we can't explain in this world and they matters, sometimes, things that don't make sense are the answers to everything, many will say there is no different in online and offline gambling, but which one works better for you? Where are you most lucky? I think this is the best things to look out for.

For a weak person it is but for a strong person its not, it really depends on the character of the gambler, gambling only ruin weak people, the gambling platforms are meant to be an entertainment portal and strong individuals treated gambling it as such but for weak people its their temptation to fulfill their dream that will not and cannot happen in platforms like gambling.
People are quick to blame gambling for their miseries and these people are weak people who think wrongly about gambling, if you know the fact about gambling and you follow the right path I don't think you will be ruined in gambling.
People who have definition about gambling are the one messed up their lives because of gambling.

Yes, we have this kind of discussions with our circle of friends, I mean if you have influenced someone to gamble and then they ruined their lives, it is your fault or if that person is just a weak, he has that personality that he can't control his life and then blame others for what had happen to them.

Many of us here become addicted at some point, but recover in time and then get back in their feet. So it's not gambling per se to blame or even cocaine or whatever drugs for ruining someone's life here. If you don't have control and very weak inside, obviously your life will be miserable. But if you have realized it, then you can make a U-turn for the better and change your lives.

Other hands @Uneng, remember gun doesn't kill but it is human who does while having the gun as a firearm in pulling the trigger on a victim.
So, I don't think he ruined life is pointed at holding the gamble responsible for his waywardness. If we must blame the gamble, then we should also understand that he has been a drug addict before engaging on gambling and wasn't that gambling exhausted all his money rather he turned over to gambling because he has run out of his stable income and thought gambling would offer him a better financial phase in other to fit afford his drugs as an addict he has been even before he started to gamble.

Clearly, everyone is responsible to their selves reputation and not what they engages on.
The possibilities of my responsible gambling til date is not a kudos to the gambling board but to myself because I am fit-in to take control of my emotions specifically on my gambling streamlines so, the kudos comes to me because I could maintain a responsible gambling life without being contradicted.

No! Since you said this guy is addicted to drugs then he has to blame himself here and it's not gambling. It was just his option to try his luck in gambling to sustain his drug addiction.

No! Gambling has huge part in the economy of a country because of it's huge taxation. But this depends on every country's tax implementation on gambling casinos.

No! It is always up to us to gamble. We knew the risks and negative effects of gambling so why blame gambling? We ruin our own lives not the gambling itself. We are the one who will decide on everything.

That's very correct, human beings are of different nature and discipline and not all of them can discipline themselves enough to make gambling not be a problem to them whereas other are really doing their homework when it comes to keeping to their ethics because if don't have self discipline like the way you put it "the weak" you might end up destroying your life and having to blame gambling and even anyone associated with it .

Drugs, brain-binding chemicals, and judgment-clouding haze. You are right about the neurological impact. These drugs hijack the brain's reward system and change decision-making rules. Drugs affect decision-making, leading to more drugs. This makes gambling a choice and an unavoidable step in a tragic dance.

We must remember the human element. Behind this cycle is a human fighting unknown demons. Gambling to fuel addiction is hazardous and heartbreaking. However, empathy and intervention are needed to address this. In a healthy setting, gambling may be fun and thrilling. This is a cry for aid, a futile attempt to claw out of a pit. Recognising this is the first step to helping, not judging.

Drug is dangerous, everyone knows this before having a taste of it, this is the humans decisions, maybe I can become a drug addict too but I am not willing to try it out, unless maybe I was forced in the most brutal way? But I don't pray for such, you don't have to use drug before you accept that they are not safe, just stay away for drugs, so I don't blame anything else but the humans that consumes drugs.

There isn't much different with gambling either, I am pretty sure that the person OP is talking about is already into gambling, one addiction always lead to the other, but choosing drug at first will surely increase your desire for money, so that you can buy more drugs, so the easiest thing that will come to mind is no other than gambling, can't you see it rhymes? These are two great combos.

I strongly believe that this person already knows drug before gambling, he isn't new to both in anyway, he has no good source of income yet he has to fill up his desire for drugs, so yes gambling is the easy way out, I don't feel pity people like this, they are the ones that can rescue themselves, no one can.

if only gamblers know how to contain themselves in front of their games, they will enjoy this activity. but of course, that's not the case, because as this activity is very addictive, they won't stop up until their bankroll is busted. or worst, they will resort to borrowing money from everyone they know they can get money of. and dig their grave of debt after debt. consequently, screwing up their life because of the piled up debts. not only their respective life, but sometimes, they can ruin the life of their immediate family members. as they are the ones directly affected by his gambling life.


people should get the picture that it is not the activity that is harmful, it is the person himself who is abusing the activity making it damaging to his own life. if he fully understands the repercussions of his doings, he will be more careful with his gambling activities and be cautious about what's really going on around him. one should always keep in mind about reality check. be real and not be deluded by some expectations of hitting big. because it is hard to expect such circumstance.

If someone is addicted to drugs and he also gambles then in my opinion it is very dangerous in his daily life, because after all both of these behaviors are actually very bad if you do the same thing, yes, even though someone will feel pleasure, it will not last long or only for a moment because they are both There is a very big risk in life, namely experiencing huge financial losses and a person can experience very big depression if they are truly addicted.

I call it a natural selection. 8)

You can't protect or helping all people especially if they're stupid, so if they're suffered cross addictions, at least they're still give a contribution, since they enrich both of drug sellers and the casino.

The drug sellers can feed their family and the casinos can run an advertisement that pays people to promote it. :P

If this behavior is only self-defeating, then I will not comment further on those who are addicted to drugs and gambling. In reality, when they really feel addicted to these two things, it's not just themselves who will be affected, but starting with their parents, relatives and also their closest friends will also feel disadvantaged. And even people who don't know him at all will also be affected. Because not a few of them have an addiction to drugs and gambling, when they run out of money to buy drugs and to start gambling, they no longer hesitate if they have to sell their family's belongings without the knowledge of their parents, they no longer hesitate if they have to deceive relatives and friends. And they will no longer hesitate if they have to commit criminal acts of violence or murder in order to seize the wealth of their victims.

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And you need to know that a drug addict cannot control himself well and often loses consciousness. So when they visit an offline casino, their presence could cause a commotion, which of course could cause discomfort for other visitors, so that some visitors decide to move to a safer and more comfortable casino location. So it can be concluded that the presence of drug addicts in gambling places could cause the casino to lose money, because the casino is likely to lose some of its visitors.

I confess that this is the first time I have heard about the possibility of someone becoming addicted to drugs and starting to gamble to get more money to finance their drug use, I think this is a rare case, who has lived as a drug addict age know very well that all people addicted to drugs, when they get money, immediately go to buy drugs, they will not put the only money they got into gambling, this is because the drug addict does not act out of rationality, he acts on impulse, in his head , he needs to run to consume drugs and get that feeling of pleasure that he feels when he consumes drugs, so why the hell would he take the little money he got to go lose in a casino?

drug addict doesn't do that, now we need to look at another scenario, in which a person is addicted to gambling and due to the great frustration of losing everything he enters the world of drugs, but he doesn't gamble to finance drugs, he consumes drugs to forget the problems. It is easier for a person addicted to gambling to consume drugs than for a person addicted to drugs to enter the world of gambling. Anyone who has seen people addicted to drugs how they behave knows what I'm talking about. drug addiction is constantly associated with prostitution when it is the case of women who are involved in drugs, this is because to finance their drug addiction, women choose prostitution

It is clear that in prostitution they contract many sexual diseases and die. while when men are addicted to drugs, they enter the world of crime: stealing money from people, kidnapping people and joining groups of big criminals. In this world of crime, the end for a drug addict is always death or prison. It is unlikely that a drug addict will play in a casino to get money for his addiction, he knows that he will not win anything in gambling, so he will go into the world of crime.

I wonder how he learned about gambling and thought it was something profitable because it's not gambling that is to be blamed in this case but the way he was taught about gambling that it's a way of profitability which is false and one can barely be profitable in gambling if they are playing gambling games, and if they are in sports betting, they need substantial knowledge and experience to be able to gain eventual success and start earning profit from it but that takes time as well.

So, it's misguidance that is to be blamed in this case and many others. If you tell a person everything very clearly, that if you gamble, you can lose everything in no time, or you might win a lot of money if you are lucky, and it's your choice whether you want to gamble or not and you should only gamble with the money that you can afford to lose. Then, the person would evaluate and decide for himself and then blame his own decisions for whatever had happened.

I think drugs compromise most of the activities in life. Now maybe some people know how to use it properly in terms of dosages and they never exaggerate, but this is rather the exception than the rule. As you said the topic is drug addicts, which implies that someone lost control over using a certain substance. But in contrast to things like caffeine, cocaine really compromises your thought processes and your decision making processes without a doubt. I'd be surprised if someone calls himself a better gambler because of cocaine usage. There might be circumstances where people could theoretically use it to improve their sharp thinking temporarily, but a well trained and healthily nurtured mind should be sharper than a brain of an addict pumped with cocaine.

not cocaine in my opinion.
for many years i have been with many drug users, the methheads are usually the ones that take the drugs of use. until they abuse it. some of them work at night and taking meth keeps them up all night. and for critical thinking, they claimed that meth helps them in making good decisions. i play chess with those guys for many nights, they often checkmate me.

as for the cocaine man with the laundry business, he could have used his business to make more money than losing into gambling and drug addiction in one.

Arguably cocaine could actual boost your chances compared to say cannabis or alcohol, which have much more depressive and disorientating effects than cocaine. Short term it will make you more focused and energetic, which if you've got intelligence already could make you sharper. However long term, which drug addicts almost always end up under, it will absolutely destroy your body and mind. No addiction is worthwhile really and you'll find that many older people say the key to a healthy life is moderation (of all things). If you over do anything in life, it can mess you up. I'd also suggest that a cocaine addict living in Nigeria (not a normal area of cultivation so likely imported) would be rather well off and living an entirely different lifestyle to the average person in that country already.

No, I don't think gambling is the problem. Well, perhaps it is in part, and gambling can undoubtedly play a role in the drug addict's financial struggles in the situation you describe. However, it was his fault because he was accountable for everything he did. Moreover, his business would fail because he gambled to pay for drugs, which would send him into a vicious cycle of addiction and instability.

I believe that gambling can have negative consequences and that it may even end up ruining someone's life. I believe that everyone on this forum is aware that gambling addiction is a behavioral addiction that has been proven to cause serious problems in terms of finances, emotions, and social interactions.

Some people develop an obsession with gambling, which can cause them to fall into excessive debt, lose assets, and, in extreme circumstances, even engage in illegal activity. Some people must decide how to treat themselves when they make poor and alluring choices.

Gambling may has it own side effects for addiction and loss of money and the likes, but talking about drug addicts, this is something entirely different there's no how we can relate gambling together with drugs because they are independent of each other, a drug addict may not even be a gambler in some cases, while some gamblers may also not be involved in drugs for any reason, but having someone with the two characters means it's a person decision he has made upon himself and not through anyone's influence including gambling.

But don't you agree that there is probably a threshold in everybody's brain as to how much it can take? I am not talking about the couple of nights in life, but about people using it for months and years. It does come at a cost, I think it is impossible that there are people who don't pay a price for abusing substances. They may be able to get back to normal if they stop taking it for a while, but if we are really talking about hardcore users, about addicts, I wonder how this would be possible that the brain doesn't show any lasting damages.

There is a reason that some of these substances are on lists for forbidden doping substances in sports, but none of these top athletes would take meth like 200 days a year. They would use it to suppress pain during a competition, but it would destroy hormonal balances if they don't allow their bodies to recover from the poison.

well, I'll say he did gambled consciously... ain't no way anyone would choose to gamble without having no prior thoughts about it...again, there wouldn't be any thoughts of him trying to maneuver through gambling assuming there was nothing like that... Think about it..

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As for the those political social influencers, I bet they know nothing about how they'd possible make amends on the current situation in the country, so I'd say they better get a life... Do they actually know how tough it is to predict and win on any gambling site? Why would anyone suggest that as a typical way of mopping out the current inflation??

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It's true that gambling has ruined many lives, but you can't blame gambling for that. Those who play gambling are at fault why they ended up in that situation, it's just that other people use it wrong. The fault lies with the person, not with the gambling. There are still many people gambling there, but they are okay, including me. Why? Because there is control.

Certainly, there are differences between drug and gambling addictions, but for those who suffer from both, the combined effects can be particularly challenging to deal with. Addiction to drugs or alcohol can seriously harm one's well-being and leave one broke, hence, it is important for gamblers to abstain from these vices. I believe that the reason he started selling his laundry shop was his desperation to support his habit and earn money. With that money, he could buy drugs and place bets, which is why I think he got lost along the path. In other words, since drugs, in particular, may hinder our ability to think clearly and make sound decisions, it is best for us not to be under the influence of them while we gamble.
Engaging in both activities at the same time might intensify the cycle of addiction and make it more difficult to break away.

Yes of course, as we know and you have also added a few of the adverse effects of drug use that can affect a person's thinking and the main impact will obviously make it difficult for a person to use their mind to the fullest and in a common sense manner or meaning that all the considerations they do are barely based on a good level of awareness so that is what happened to the person we are discussing where he made gambling an alternative to getting money to fulfill or fund his habit in terms of drug consumption.

The fact of the matter is that this is not a way that most thinking or reasoning people would agree with, and it's nothing more than a way that will get a person deeper and deeper into two different problems that will continue to grow worse and worse as time goes on if they can't at least find the awareness to overcome them, either way it's a worrying situation and I'm not sure they'll be able to get out of it on their own and it's certainly true as you say that there should be a helping hand from some people around.