Gambling and Toxication
by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
March
02, 2006
Gambling
or gaming, betting of money or
valuables on, and often participation in, games of
chance (some involving degrees of skill). In England and
in the United States, gambling was not a common-law
crime if conducted privately. Even in colonial America,
however, gambling was liable to rankle public opinion
because it was often associated with rowdy activities
and could produce debtors who would burden society. The
use and misuse of alcohol always has been a concern of
organized religion. Every major religion has condemned
drunkenness and alcoholism since these behaviors clearly
violate the moral norms of society.
Personal conduct, which includes such offenses as
stealing, gambling, intoxication been charged with the
infractions of intoxication, absenteeism’s. Uses of the
drug. Qualifications of the view that
toxication is not a
defense may apply in some instances.
Addicted:
Addiction is a complex disease process of the brain that
results from recurring drug intoxication and is
modulated by genetic, developmental, experiential, and
environmental factors. The neurobiological changes that
accompany drug addiction are not well understood. While
until recently it was believed that addiction
predominantly involved reward processes mediated by
limbic circuits (see, for example, the reward deficiency
syndrome [1], results from recent neuroimaging studies
have implicated additional brain areas, especially the
frontal cortex. Here we summarize the findings from
these neuroimaging studies and incorporate them with
pertinent results from preclinical studies in suggesting
a basis for an integrated model of drug addiction. If a
licensee or officer, associate, member, representative,
agent, or employee of the licensee, or a representative,
agent, or employee of an express company, common
carrier, or contract carrier that carries or transports
alcoholic liquor for delivery within this State, is
prosecuted under this paragraph of this subsection (a)
for selling, giving, or delivering alcoholic liquor to a
person under the age of 21 years, the person under 21
years of age who attempted to buy or receive the
alcoholic liquor may be prosecuted pursuant to Section
6-20 of this Act, unless the person under 21 years of
age was acting under the authority of a law enforcement
agency, the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, or a
local liquor control commissioner pursuant to a plan or
action to investigate, patrol, or conduct any similar
enforcement action. For the purpose of preventing the
violation of this section, any licensee, or his agent or
employee, or a representative, agent, or employee of an
express company, common carrier, or contract carrier
that carries or transports alcoholic liquor for delivery
within this State, may refuse to sell, deliver or serve
alcoholic beverages to any person who is unable to
produce adequate written evidence of identity and of the
fact that he or she is over the age of 21 years.
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