Treating men and women who are addicted to drugs and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven effective in preventing repeat drug related offenses by those who do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Ross, California that do partake in alcohol and drug rehab facilities, even un-voluntarily as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these persons have a far better chance at dealing with the root of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of being implicated in drug related criminal acts. The costs to the criminal justice system associated with these drug related offenses is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Ross in lieu of jail time or other harsh punishment.