Rehabilitating persons who are addicted to drugs and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven to be a successful method of preventing repeat drug related offenses for people who do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Alexander who do partake in drug rehab centers, even against one's will as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these individuals have a far better opportunity of handling the crux of the problem so that they can remain off of drugs and off of negative influences and [[[committing drug related criminal activity. The costs to society related to these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be helped in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs in Alexander instead of jail time or other penalties.