Why a progressive approach might be a national intervention.
“An illness, progressive in its nature, which can never be cured, but can be arrested.” Those words may sound like they describe some neurodegenerative disorder—but in fact, they’re how Gamblers Anonymous defines compulsive gambling. GA hosts more than 1,200 weekly meetings for the estimated 10 million Americans with gambling problems.
If you’re familiar with how other public health crises have been handled in America, you might expect this problem to be ignored by…