Treating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven to be a productive method of eliminating future drug related crimes by those that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Kirkwood, California who do agree to take part in treatment in drug and alcohol treatment facilities, even if not of their own choice as is often ordered by the court, these persons have a much better chance at dealing with the root of the issue so that they can remain abstinent and off of being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients turn out to be helped in drug and alcohol rehab centers in Kirkwood instead of incarceration or other penalties.