The parents of a teenage son who committed suicide just over a year ago claim that their son become addicted to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft. They believe that as a result of this addiction he took his own life. Now these parents are suing World of WarCraft developers Blizzard Entertainment, blaming the game developers for the tragic loss of their son.
The details of just how many hours this teen had been playing World of Warcraft prior to his death has not yet been published. Just what would constitute an addiction is hard to quantify. The generally accepted medical definition of an addiction is; a habitual psychological and physiological dependence on a substance or practice beyond one’s voluntary control. So using this definition as a guide we could assume he had no control over how often he sat down to play the online role playing game.
Looking at a common addiction many people can relate to, smoking. Nobody would claim that the actual act of smoking could lead to anybodys death. Rather it is the chemicals being inhaled while smoking that have been linked to various diseases leading to a potential premature death....
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