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Gambling Is Sending More People to the Emergency Room
Original: Gambling Is Sending More People to the ER
Time reports that gambling is driving a growing number of people into hospital emergency rooms. The story points to gambling-related crises — from acute anxiety and panic to suicidal distress — as reasons gamblers end up needing urgent care, suggesting problem gambling is increasingly being treated as a public health issue rather than only a financial or moral one.
Why now: Gambling expansion, especially online sports betting, is raising fresh concern about its health consequences.
Evidence
- Gambling Is Sending More People to the ER · Time Magazine
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