addiction

Kids addicted to gaming

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Problem gambling is classified as an impulse control disorder, and it looks like it may have company. An Iowa State study says that many children suffer from addictive video gaming. From USA Today: Nearly one in 10 children and teens who play video games show behavioral signs that may indicate addiction, a new study reports. […]

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Acting addicted

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I’m hardly one to make light of problem gambling, but this story is ridiculous. From Ananova: Russian actors are being paid to pretend to be destitute beggars in a government scheme to discourage people from gambling. They will tell passers-by how they were once rich executives who lost everything after becoming addicted to gambling. Vladimir

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