Rehabilitating persons who are addicted to drugs or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of eliminating future drug related criminal offenses for individuals that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Bessemer, AL. that do partake in drug treatment programs, even un-voluntarily as is occasionally ordered by the court, these persons have a much better opportunity of dealing with the crux of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and away from the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related crimes is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug treatment facilities in Bessemer, AL. in lieu of incarceration or other harsh punishment.