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States are rushing to legalize sports gambling. The potential price: A boom in addiction.
🔗: newsweek.com/2023/04/07/spo…
States are rushing to legalize sports gambling. The potential price: A boom in addiction.
🔗: newsweek.com/2023/04/07/spo…
The #NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Tournament is the pinnacle of college sports. The Big Dance. The Final Four. March Madness.
It is also, increasingly, a chance for a lot of people to bet a lot of money. 
Since a Supreme Court ruling opened the door in 2018, legal sports betting has exploded in the U.S. However, this is worrying experts.
"The strongest component of the addiction of smoking, drugs or alcohol—not the only one, but the strongest one—is debatably dopamine," says psychologist @JimWhelanPhD, director of The Institute for Gambling Education and Research at @uofmemphis
"And when you gamble, your brain secretes more dopamine than when you do any of those other things." - @JimWhelanPhD
Full story: newsweek.com/2023/04/07/spo…
If you have been impacted by sports gambling, here's how to get help: newsweek.com/2023/04/07/whe…
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