Criminal justice clients in Astoria, New York make their way into drug and alcohol treatment programs due to the fact they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were under the influence of drugs. Many judges put these convicted individuals into the drug rehab system because they believe that rehabilitating these persons will be more productive for society and for the individual, rather than placing them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be quite successful not only in helping and rehabilitating this type of client in Astoria, New York, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a number of cases out of the criminal justice system permanently.