What better environment is there to take training sessions on gambling than Las Vegas? Myron Dean Quon, the Executive Director of\u00a0National Asian Pacific American Families Against Substance Abuse, will bring the latest research and observations about the connections between gambling addictions and substance use disorders and the intricacies of gambling addictions in the Asian and Tribal communities to CADCA\u2019s Guardians of the Galaxy track.<\/p>\n
Quon will bring the latest information on gambling behavior from across the country, such as UCLA\u2019s Gambling Studies Program, to CADCA\u2019s Mid-Year with his courses \u201cMany Gateways: Gambling Addictions and Substance Use Disorders\u201d and \u201cThe Growth of the Gaming Industry: Gambling Addictions and the Asian and Tribal Communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coalition leaders do not have to be Asian or Native American to attend one or both sessions. Anyone with an interest in serving these populations is welcome, Quon said. His \u201cgame plan\u201d is to ensure coalition leaders are engaged with awareness and resources to take back into their communities, especially ones that offer gaming facilities and ones that are struggling with assisting people addicted to online gambling. Quon intends\u00a0to bring a guest speaker from a local casino to the discussion.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think people will leave one or both of the training sessions more aware of what problem gambling looks like in order to better assist their community,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n
Register by the early-bird registration deadline of June 3 and save $100.<\/p>\n
For more information, visit\u00a0CADCA’s event website. Engage with us on social media using hashtag #CADCAMidYear.<\/p>\n