Bookies machines known as 'crack cocaine of gambling' target most deprived

Bookies machines known as 'crack cocaine of gambling' target most deprived
Betting machines as addictive as crack cocaine cost punters £8.5billion a year – and lead thousands of the most vulnerable people into desperate misery. Gamblers as young as 18 can even use bank cards to blow £100 every 20 seconds on games such as … Read more on Mirror.co.uk

The 'Rob Ford show': crack cocaine and honest politicians
According to the Toronto Sun a media lawyer who saw the newly released documents said former staffers told police shocking details about booze, drugs and even a suspected prostitute in the mayor's City Hall office. The information is contained in … Read more on Channel 4 News

Drugs and politics: where is the line?
In the past couple of months, the controversial issue of drugs in politics has come to prominence following the revelation that Mayor of Toronto, Rob Ford, has been caught smoking crack-cocaine. In more recent and local news, former Co-Op Chairman … Read more on Palatinate