While gambling might seems like a relatively mild addiction, these anti-gambling ads by Canadian Bellwood Health Services shows that it can be just as bad as a drug addiction.
Gambling can lead to bankruptcy and broken homes, but it is often glamorized with its alluring prospect of making a lot of cash with a lucky stroke.
These ads portray the gambling person as if he were doing a line of coke, smoking a joint of weed or reaching for some pills to pop.
The ad campaign was created by Doner Canada, Toronto.
Gambling as Drug Addiction
Bellwood Health Services Shows Gambling's Dark Side
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