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Former surgeon general compares sports betting to opioid crisis

Summary by Northeast Times
Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams is warning that legal sports betting poses a growing public health threat, comparing the rapid expansion of the industry to the early days of the opioid epidemic. “Sports betting is the new opioid crisis. Our kids, especially our boys, are getting exposed and hooked early. And it’s ruining lives as surely as turning a blind eye to prescription opioids did,” Adams wrote on X, the social media platform, in …
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Northeast Times broke the news on Wednesday, August 26, 2026.
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