Hey friends! This week, we talk two big policy issues: sports betting and the legalization of marijuana. We explain that while sports betting is becoming a bigger and bigger industry, addiction and negative societal implications that come with it are also becoming a bigger problem. We also connect the issue of sports gambling to some ideas we have about marijuana legalization (not to be confused with decriminalization) and how when we make big legal changes, we need to be ready to cope with the negative effects of these decisions. Here are the various articles and studies we referenced in the episode: The Atlantic's article on Apple's new Sports app New Republic's article, "Our Entire Society Is Becoming Addicted to Sports Gambling" Mayo Clinic's sports gambling guidance NBC News article on gambling addiction hotlines Ross Douthat's "Legalizing Marijuana Is a Big Mistake" Kurt Streeter's "The Rising Human Cost of Sports Betting" Politico's article "Broken promises: How marijuana legalization failed communities hit hardest by the drug war" University at Buffalo's study on gambling and socioeconomic status Connecticut's study on sports gambling Sen. Blumenthal's March Madness call to action Baylor University study on the social costs of gambling 2023 research working paper, "Economic Benefits and Social Costs of Legalizing Recreational Marijuana" CNN article on marijuana use and traffic accidents The Spirit of Our Politics is now available to buy! You can get it at Amazon, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Christianbook.com, Audible, Libro.Fm, Google Play, Books-A-Million, Walmart, Church Source, Faith Gateway, or at your favorite local bookstore. As always, you can become a subscriber and support our work over at Substack. Subscriptions fuel this podcast and helps fund the dozens of hours we put into this podcast and our content each week. Use this link: https://wearweare.substack.com/subscribe If you'd like to partner with us as a sponsor for Wear We Are, please fill out our Advertise With Us form. Thanks for listening, rating/subscribing Wear We Are on your favorite podcast platform, and following/liking The Center for Christianity and Public Life (@ccpubliclife). Join the conversation and follow us on: Instagram: @michaelwear Twitter: @MichaelRWear And check out @tsfnetwork Music by: King Sis #politics #faith #religion #belief #religious #christian #christianity #culture #news #policy #sportsbetting #betting #gambling #sportsgambling #marijuana #legalization #legalizemarijuana #app #Apple #FanDuel #DraftKings #weed #legalizeweed #decriminalization #study #paper #research #addiction #drugs #warondrugs #WearWeAre #MichaelWear Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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