Forty percent of Americans now say they bet on sports.
Some advocates are calling for federal support to treat gambling addiction — and to enact limits on wagering apps.
The incoming CEO of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation on meeting demand for and expanding access to addiction treatment.
Treatment usually involves in-person therapy and group meetings. Now, counselors are trying to adjust.
Putting the numbers in broader context.
Bucky Culbertson's career has followed the booms and busts of Wise County, up to his current job fighting the opioid epidemic.
Experts caution that widely available and accessible sports betting on mobile phones could lead to an increase in gambling addiction.
Will insurance companies cover it?
The facilities could save at least $2 million a year by reducing expensive ambulance rides, emergency room trips and hospital visits, the city says.
Recently unsealed documents shed light on how the maker of OxyContin seems to have relied more on focus groups than on scientific studies to create an aggressive and misleading marketing campaign that helped fuel the national opioid epidemic.
