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What’s in the Box?

100 years ago, you could walk in to any pharmacy and buy heroin. 40 years ago, you could walk into any K-Mart and buy a gun. Today, you can buy loot boxes.

Loot boxes are legal – perfectly legal. And to anyone without the self-control of a saint they are extremely dangerous. Loot boxes are not considered gambling, but they tap into the same part of the brain, and induce the same self-destructive behaviour. Loot boxes are a menace,

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