In today’s world, there are no bad decision makers, only sick people.

Mental health officials in the Western world generally consider both problem gambling and excessive Internet use to be Obsessive Compulsive Disorders. But the combination of the two is too potent for at least one country. Israel’s Superior Court ruled earlier this summer that gambling websites targeting its citizens as customers are illegal, no matter where in the world the companies are registered.

Dr. Pinhas Dannon of Tel Aviv University claimed in a recent Online Casino News report that Internet addiction should be classified alongside other “extreme” disorders associated with gambling, sex, and kleptomania. Dannon believes Internet addiction requires the same treatment as these other severe addictions.

The article doesn’t state what treatments the Israeli psychiatrist would recommend. Whatever they are, perhaps both Dr. Dannon and his country’s lawmakers should take the time to watch A Clockwork Orange. They might learn something.