Timothy Fong

UCLA Gambling Studies Program

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Co-director of the UCLA Gambling Studies Program, and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute

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Timothy Fong on KCRW

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The Centers for Disease Control has released a surprising new report saying that only 10 percent of heavy drinkers actually meet the criteria for alcoholism.

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Recently the City of San Gabriel voted to ban parking for buses that carry mostly Asian people to Native American gambling casinos, and even Las Vegas.

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