by Peter J Adams | Sep 27, 2020 | Gambling
The widespread proliferation of commercial gambling machines (also variously referred to as ‘slots’, ‘fruit machines’, ‘poker machines’, ‘pokies’ or ‘electronic gambling machines’) and improvements to their design have contributed to rising levels of harm from...
by Peter J Adams | Sep 26, 2020 | Commercial Determinants, Gambling
During 2013 New Zealand’s centre-right (National) government, led by the then Prime Minister John Key, made a deal with Auckland’s SkyCity casino for a number of licensing concessions with the understanding they would fund the construction of a large...
by Peter J Adams | Sep 26, 2020 | Addiction
The power of addictive processes are difficult to make sense of. I recall during my early years as a clinical psychologist being asked by hospital staff to speak with a 32-year-old man addicted to alcohol who was being discharged following treatment for pancreatitus....
by Peter J Adams | Sep 21, 2020 | Addiction, Commercial Determinants
The most interesting aspect of the Scottish change in alcohol legislation on May 2018 is how long it took to implement its new policy. The story tracks back twelve years ago to rising public concerns in Scotland about increasing levels of drinking and alcohol-related...
by Peter J Adams | Aug 23, 2020 | Commercial Determinants, Violence
The Al Jazeera two-part documentary, How to Sell a Massacre, details discussions between senior members of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party and the (US) National Rifle Association (NRA) with the intention of obtaining funds to undermine the tight Australian gun laws....
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