Rehabbing men and women who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of curbing future drug related criminal offenses by those that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Alton who do take part in in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs, even un-voluntarily as is occasionally court ordered, these clients have a significantly better opportunity of dealing with the root of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and off of negative influences and [[[committing drug related criminal acts. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related crimes is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients are rehabilitated in drug treatment programs in Alton in lieu of incarceration or other penalties.