Rehabbing individuals who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven to be a productive method of preventing future drug related offenses for people that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Atascosa who do agree to take part in treatment in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, even un-voluntarily as is often ordered by the court, these persons have a far better chance at handling the root of the issue so that they can remain abstinent and off of being implicated in drug related criminal acts. The costs to the criminal justice system associated with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabilitated in drug rehabilitation programs in Atascosa instead of incarceration or other penalties.