Rehabbing men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a successful method of curbing repeat drug related crimes by those that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Meridian, California that do agree to take part in treatment in drug rehabilitation centers, even against one's will as is occasionally ordered by the court, these individuals have a much better opportunity of handling the root of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and off of negative influences and [[[committing drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system associated with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabilitated in drug treatment facilities in Meridian in lieu of jail time or other harsh punishment.