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If we compare
the Jackson County?s total personal
income growth with Pottawatomie
(21.2 percent), Brown (14.0 percent),
Nemaha (9.6 percent),The Problem Gambling Help
Line - A Joint Project of the Department of
Health and CHC Atlantic
The Department of Health's Problem Gambling
Services division partners extensively with the
private sector and other government agencies. A
case in point is its relationship with CHC
Atlantic to provide confidential counselling
assistance via the Problem Gambling Help Line.
CHC is a well-known national company that has
specialized in Employee Assistance Programs and
addictions counselling since 1981. This joint
project ,which began in December, 1996, has
successfully made professional telephone
counselling available, 24 hours a day, to Nova
Scotians who The "Drawing the Line" program
Drawing the Line - a resource for the prevention
of problem gambling, has just arrived in Nova
Scotia's junior and
senior high schools. The new program, pilot
tested by teachers in both rural and urban
schools, is being distributed to Nova Scotia
schools this fall through regional in-service
workshops.
Ninety-six percent of adult Nova Scotians have
gambled for money at some time in their lives.
And so have 68 percent of junior and senior high
school students. Most of this betting is
harmless fun - a challenge to friends, an
evening of entertainment, a chance at a jackpot.
But of every twenty adults who gamble, at least
one has trouble staying in control. Research
indicates that the rate among adolescents is
much higher.
Drawing the Line introduces students to the risk
of gambling through group exercises, games,
class discussions and other activities. Students
explore the nature of risk taking and become
familiar with the signs and stages of problem
gambling. The program is intended to prepare
students to 'draw the line' when confronted with
opportunities to gamble, both now and later in
their adult years.
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