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>On the contrary, the only way to get treatment costs paid for addictive behaviours in the USA, by a medical insurance company, is if you have a disease. Try asking your medical insurance to pay to stop you making bad choices or changing your habits.

Bingo. In the late 80's there was an explosion of teenagers going into drug rehab centers which were usually setup in hospitals with unused bed spaces. It had no correlation with teen drug use increasing and everything to do with insurance paying for it.