Possibly. The exposure that these facilities give to the people will help more people to be scared of getting addicted in gambling if they see that they're overcrowded. But on the other hand, they might also think that they'll be ending up in that facility being detained because of having a serious problem that needs to get resolved and that's their gambling addiction. In the circle of friends and families, we often see that no one wants to get teased of being sent to it when they're in that problem because it's shameful to be known that going there will be spread like a wildfire to the common friends and relatives. I mean this is for a personal overview because this seems to be a norm in our neighborhood and community.
You are talking about the stigma and discrimination that comes with being someone who had been rehabilitated before? If this is what you are talking about, then you are absolutely right.
Personally though, away from that which I've said before in my previous comment on this issue, I think the fear of the stigma and discrimination that goes with being someone who had been rehabilitated before keeps alot of gamblers on their toes, making them to keep a watchful eyes to make sure they are always aware of themselves when ever they are gambling to avoid ever being sent to a rehab, this saves more gamblers from getting addicted to gambling than even the absence of nearby rehab facilities, because I've seen a family transport one their loved one who is addicted to gambling to a rehab right from the village to a very far distance where they found a rehabilitation center for the loved one, so this tells us that lack of rehab facilities in the developing city isnt a enough reason why there should be more gambling in such a city.
It happens here in our country and that's why if there are rehabilitation for gambling addicts, there will be surely an impact, good and bad personally and to the society. It can't be removed whenever a person comes from that facility and the society sees that guy again, the fear is there and depending on how they knew the guy.
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