Rehabbing individuals who are addicted to drugs or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of curbing repeat drug related criminal offenses by those that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Buffalo that do take part in in drug treatment programs, even against one's will as is occasionally ordered by the court, these clients have a significantly better chance at dealing with the root of the issue so that they can remain abstinent and off of being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to society associated with these drug related offenses is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients are helped in drug and alcohol treatment centers in Buffalo instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.