Rehabilitating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven to be effective in eliminating future drug related crimes by those that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Atwater, Minnesota who do agree to take part in treatment in drug rehab centers, even un-voluntarily as is often ordered by the judge, these clients have a far better chance at dealing with the root of the problem so that they can remain abstinent and off of the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system associated with these drug related offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug rehabilitation facilities in Atwater, Minnesota instead of incarceration or other penalties.