Criminal justice clients are a significant percentage of clientele who take part in alcohol and drug treatment programs in Abbeville and in the USA. Judges in the U.S. are finding it more advantageous to treat people who have wound up in the court system for crimes relating to drugs, rather than punishing them to no avail with jail time and other such rulings. It is proven to be more successful to address the issue of drug addiction directly, rather than enforce such penalties. Most individuals who do not wind up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation will often turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at remaining abstinent and away from the court system for good.