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Sports leagues aren’t doing enough to protect athletes from gamblers

Collegiate student-athletes drink more drinks per week [6,7], drink more frequently, consume larger amounts often in correlation with level of athletic involvement [4,8,9,10], and are more likely to drink for social reasons [4,8,11,12]. Involvement in athletics appears to be inversely related to cigarette smoking and illicit drug use [13,14]. In adolescent and young adult athletes, …

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