Warning! The First Amendment Gives us a Right to Cause Addiction in Teens
By Garrett Handegan
On May 25, 2019, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) officially voted to include video game addiction, otherwise known as “gaming disorder,” as a behavioral addiction.[1] While the American Psychiatric Association says that the issue of video games being addictive is still being debated, they admit that early evidence shows not only are they addictive, but that they are potentially one of the most addicting technologies around.[2] Not only are they addictive, they are intentionally designed to be so.[3] The worry about children being addicted to video games is not unique to America, China’s growing concern over the issue has led them to limit the amount of time that children are allowed to play video games.[4]