Rehabbing persons who are addicted to drugs and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of preventing future drug related offenses for individuals that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Bedford Heights that do take part in in drug rehabilitation programs, even un-voluntarily as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these clients have a significantly better opportunity of handling the root of the issue so that they can stay off of drugs and off of the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug and alcohol rehab facilities in Bedford Heights instead of incarceration or other penalties.