Criminal justice clients in Atlanta make their way into alcohol and drug treatment facilities because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Many judges put these criminal individuals into the alcohol and drug treatment system because they consider that rehabilitating them is more helpful for society and for the individual, rather than sending them in jail with no rehab at all. This has been established to be incredibly successful not only in helping and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Atlanta, but also in helping them remain abstinent and in a lot of cases away from the criminal justice system for good.