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HomeMy WebLinkAboutProblem Gambling Awareness Month - March 2020 Proclamation “Problem Gambling Awareness Month” March 2020 WHEREAS, research indicates that approximately six million American adults and one million youth are addicted to gambling; and WHEREAS, thousands of adults and adolescents in Washington State have experienced severe gambling problems in their lives; and WHEREAS, public awareness and treatment have been proven to limit the rate of problem gambling and suicidal ideation in Washington and other states; and WHEREAS, it is important that the gambling industry and ment al health, primary care, treatment, and recovery communities join together to increase public awareness of problem gambling and its high co-occurrence with anxiety and substance use disorders, and to take measures to address this addiction; and NOW, THEREFORE, I, Saul Martinez, Mayor of the City of Pasco, Washington, on behalf of the entire City Council, do hereby proclaim March 2020 as “Problem Gambling Awareness Month”. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Official Seal of the City of Pasco, State of Washington, to be affixed this 19th day of February 2020. Saul Martinez, Mayor City of Pasco