Comment on Children as young as 11 tempted to try betting after being ‘flooded’ by celebrity endorsement

• unknown@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I don't know, honestly I was just guessing it was linked to various gene expressions. Many folk with adhd are very susceptible addictions, so I was kinda assuming if there was a gambling gene so to speak, it would be linked to that.

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  • Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I could absolutely see it having a genetic component, but without data to support it I'm not going to start suggesting policy (even if policy was my area!). If we could prove it was genetic then we could start putting policies in place that treat gambling as what it is, predatory, and have an unassailable reason to not tolerate its current place in our society.

    I have nothing moral against gambling in and of itself but I do have something against preying on our people.

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    • Ajen@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      We shouldn’t refuse to take action just because we don’t have a perfect understanding of the problem.

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      • Flamekebab@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I absolutely agree, harm reduction is tremendously important. However I have no power to take action so discussing it is fine.

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