Criminal justice clients are a significant portion of clientele who take part in alcohol and drug treatment facilities in Burlington and in the USA. Court systems in the U.S. often find it more effective to treat men and women who have wound up in the court system for crimes relating to drugs, instead of punishing them to no avail with time in jail and other such rulings. It is proven to be more effective to tackle the issue of drug or alcohol addiction directly, rather than enforce such penalties. Most who do not wind up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation will frequently turn right back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a much better chance at staying abstinent and away from the court system for good.