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Video games are the “silent killer of our generation,” Lancashire based therapist Steve Pope claimed on BBC Radio 5Live last night.
“Spending two hours on a game station is equivalent to taking a line of cocaine in the high it produces in the brain,” Pope said.
“We’re now onto second generation game station players who have always grown up with it. Computer game addiction can also spiral into violence as after playing violent games, they may turn their fantasy games into reality.
“It is the fastest growing addiction in the country and this is affecting young people mentally and physically.”
Pope urged parents to “go upstairs to your kids bedroom and try and take the game station controller out of their hands”.
He believes most kids would react “in the same way as an alcoholic would if you tried to take their booze – it’s scary”.
Via MCV
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