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G. K. Butterfield: “Those who legalize, regulate, promote, and profit from gambling have an ethical and an economic imperative to minimize…”

On the recordOctober 24, 2011
Those who legalize, regulate, promote, and profit from gambling have an ethical and an economic imperative to minimize the social cost of gambling addiction.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Stresses the responsibility of the gambling industry to address addiction.

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