Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Hopland, California and in the USA. Judges in the U.S. are finding it more effective to rehabilitate men and women who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them to no avail with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more helpful to handle the trouble of addiction directly, rather than invoke such penalties. Most who do not end up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation will often turn right back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug rehabilitation frequently don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at remaining abstinent and away from the court system entirely.