Criminal justice clients in Big Sur, California often end up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Some courts put these convicted persons into the drug and alcohol rehabilitation system because they consider that rehabilitating these persons will be more productive for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them in prison with no rehab at all. This has been proven to be very workable not only in treating and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Big Sur, but also in helping them stay abstinent and in many situations out of the criminal justice system permanently.