Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol rehab facilities in Santa Barbara and across the nation. Court systems around the country often find it more effective to rehabilitate individuals who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them in vain with jail time and other penalties. It has proven more effective to tackle the trouble of addiction more straightforwardly, rather than enforce these sorts of penalties. Most individuals who do not end up in drug rehabilitation will often turn right back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug treatment often don't fall back into drug use and have a much better chance at staying abstinent and out of the court system completely.