Treating men and women who are addicted to drugs or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven to be effective in curbing repeat drug related offenses for individuals who do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Whitewater, California who do partake in drug and alcohol treatment facilities, even against one's will as is occasionally court ordered, these clients have a significantly better shot of addressing the crux of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and off of being implicated in drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients are rehabilitated in drug and alcohol treatment centers in Whitewater in lieu of incarceration or other harsh punishment.