Criminal justice clients in Boiling Spring Lakes make their way into drug and alcohol rehab centers because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were under the influence of drugs. Some judges put these convicted persons into the alcohol and drug treatment system because they consider that treating these persons is more effective for the culture at large and for the person, rather than placing them in jail with no rehab at all. This has been established to be incredibly successful not only in healing and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Boiling Spring Lakes, but also in helping them stay abstinent and in a lot of instances away from the criminal justice system once and for all.