Rehabbing persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of curbing future drug related offenses for individuals that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Rio Oso, California who do take part in in drug treatment centers, even if not of their own choice as is often ordered by the judge, these clients have a much better opportunity of handling the crux of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and off of being implicated in drug related criminal acts. The costs to society associated with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabbed in drug and alcohol treatment centers in Rio Oso instead of jail time or other harsh punishment.