Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven to be effective in eliminating future drug related criminal offenses for people that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Ames that do take part in in drug and alcohol treatment programs, even against one's will as is sometimes ordered by the court, these individuals have a much better shot of addressing the crux of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of the streets drug related criminal acts. The costs to society associated with these drug related offenses is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients turn out to be helped in drug treatment centers in Ames in lieu of incarceration or other harsh punishment.