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Critics say Ford government backed cheap beer and gambling while cutting addiction services
Original: Doug Ford's conservatives have supported cheap beer & online gambling, while reducing drug addiction harm reduction serv
Critics are accusing Doug Ford's Ontario Progressive Conservative government of a harmful pattern: expanding cheap beer sales and private online gambling since 2022, while reducing harm reduction services for drug addiction. Advocates point to rising calls to the province's mental health helpline, particularly from young men, since online gambling was legalized, arguing provincial policy is fuelling the problems it fails to treat.
Why now: People are debating whether Ontario's gambling and alcohol expansion policies are worsening mental health and addiction problems at the same time services are being cut.
Doug FordOntarioProgressive Conservative Party of OntarioConnexOntario mental health helpline
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