Gambling

The Harvard School of Medicine recently examined 120 gambling studies in the U.S. and Canada and found that six percent of teen-agers under 18 have serious gambling problems. They are more likely to miss school and abuse alcohol and other drugs.
And people who begin gambling at an early age run higher risks of becoming problem gamblers, according to a report last year from the National Gambling Impact Study Commission.
The fact that gambling, both the legal and illegal variety, is a social problem in this nation is not a new revelation.
That's why I am surprised at the response to the legislation introduced in Congress this year that would make it illegal to bet on college sports events. The surprise is that there has been little reaction, except predictable blasts against it from the Las Vegas-based gaming industry.
The NCAA and the U.S. Olympic Committee support the High School and College Gambling Prohibition Act which would outlaw all betting on high school, college a...