The cruelty of gambling addiction

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For many years, schoolchildren have had lessons on the dangers of drug and alcohol addiction. Now increasing numbers of pupils are also being taught about the devastating impacts of compulsive gambling. A group of families - whose relatives took their own lives due to the addiction - have devised a hard-hitting education programme, which they say will prevent deaths. It’s being piloted in Northern Ireland, which has the highest rate of gambling addiction in the UK. The BBC’s Ireland correspondent Chris Page has 5 Minutes On the battle to stop others staking their lives.