The Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas is now providing gambling addiction counseling for those convicted of a gambling related crime, as Ohio gets ready to legalize sports betting on Jan.
The initiative is called the Problem Gambling Program, and Cuyahoga County Administrative Presiding Judge Brendan Sheehan said it features specially trained probation officers who will provide gambling addiction help.
“It would be mental health, impulse control, counseling, group counseling, thinking for a change, all these tools that we have to help those who have an addiction to gambling," Sheehan added. “If we can see the problem, get to the root of the issue, what makes this person and their criminal behaviors, and get them the treatment they need up front, that will hopefully reduce our jail population.
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