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Lane County public health presents data on gambling harms, urges prevention and school outreach
Summary
County public-health staff and community advocates presented data showing youth exposure to gambling and proposed prevention steps — including school-based education, the 'Take a Break' toolkit and expanded community outreach — while commissioners asked about treatment access and next steps.
Health and Human Services staff and community advocates presented the board with a public-health framing of gambling-related harms, highlighted youth exposure, and described ongoing prevention activities in Lane County.
Presenters cited state and local data: they said Oregon's estimated problem-gambling rate is higher than the North American average, that nearly 1 in 5 sixth-graders and 1 in 4 eighth-graders reported gambling in the past month on the 2024 Oregon Student Health…
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