Criminal justice clients in Etna, CA. often end up in alcohol and drug treatment 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 found to be high on drugs. Many courts put these types of persons into the drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabilitating these persons is more helpful for the culture at large and for the person, rather than sending them in prison with no treatment at all. This has been proven to be quite successful not only in healing and rehabbing this type of client in Etna, California, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a number of cases away from the criminal justice system for good.