As the gambling industry continues to grow globally with the rise of online gambling, a recent report from the medical journal The Lancet’s commission on gambling calls is calling on governments to approach gambling as a public health issue.
Malcolm Sparrow, one of the authors of the report, says this will put gambling in the same category as alcohol and tobacco, which are identified by the World Health Organization as issues of the public interest.
Statistics Canada estimates that in 2018, nearly two-thirds of Canadians gambled in the past year. The data estimates that about 300,000 Canadians were at moderate-to-severe risk of developing a gambling problem, where gambling starts to negatively affect a person’s life.
How exactly is the “Corrupt and incompetent government” responsible for people getting addicted to something?
That’s an easy one. For example, by allowing the marketing or product to be unduly attractive to children
How does one market something in a way that isn’t attractive to anyone between the ages of 0 and 17?
A total lack of regulation and a wold view so far behind reality that they cant even identify problems until years after they occur.
Why is the Government responsible for regulating an adult activity beyond age restricting that activity?