[TruthShallSetYouFree]

The only way to get me to stop playing SNOOD is to pry the mouse from my cold dead hand.

[KarlInOhio]

Addicted = in need of medical treatment. Cha-ching!

[pnh102]

I am sick of everything from gambling to alcoholism to obesity being classified as a “disease.” Lack of self-control is not a disease!

[Thrownatbirth]

Unless the withdrawals from an activity can physically harm or kill you, it's not a addiction - just poor behavior.

[randog]

Despite a lack of scientific proof, Jacob Schulist, 14, of Hales Corners, Wis., says he's certain he was addicted to video games - and that the AMA's vote was misguided.

Little Jacob can't feel good about himself unless the AMA classifies his lack of self control as a "disease". It couldn't possibly be his fault.

And just wait 'til he discovers internet porn....

[LurkedLongEnough]

lots of video gaming = psychiatric condition = firearms purchase prohibited

[Give Piece A Chance]

This reeks of the AMA trying to create a new 'disease' which would require 'experts' to treat it and insurance to cover said treatment. Also, I note that every press account of video-game addiction includes some anecdote about a teen boy whose life has gone in the crapper because he's allowed to sit in front of a computer for 12 hours a day. Where are the parents of these kids? Sadly, I suspect they're dealing with their own issues of immaturity and addiction.

It seems to me that games are not the underlying cause of the issues that lead one to addiction. Take away the games and an addict will move on to something else. But it seems the AMA, like any political entity, would rather search for simple fixes to complex problems (i.e., 'common sense' solutions) than look behind the facade.