Pathological Gambling
The Ministerio de Salud
(Costa Rican Ministry of
Health ) declared
ludopathy – the
addiction to gambling –
a health problem and one
of public and national
interest.
It did so via a
government decree which
establishes the need to
collect information and
define, in the short
term, programs to
address the needs of
those suffering the
addiction and to prevent
the high levels recorded
in other countries.
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