Documenting the Crisis in Print

We spoke with one of Northern California's leading pain management physicians about a pattern he had been seeing in his examination room — parents arriving physically unwell, their conditions tracing back not to an injury, but to the devastating reality of a child's underage gambling addiction.

Online gambling companies are engineering addiction in a generation raised on dopamine-driven digital rewards. A physician documents how offshore operators like Bovada exploit developing brains, why the Kentucky class actions matter, and why California must act next.