Observation reveals that sports betting poses significant risks in society, suggesting government complicity in potential harm.
Sports betting/mobile wagering is the new opioid, and, in some ways, we are in a worse place than with OxyContin because government is profiting from it! It has the potential to wreak havoc, although one that is different than pain pills.
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