Criminal justice clients are a significant portion of clientele who take part in drug and alcohol rehab programs in Chula and across the nation. Court systems in the U.S. are finding it more advantageous to rehabilitate individuals who have found their way into the court system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them in vain with jail time and other such rulings. It has proven more effective to address the problem of drug addiction more straightforwardly, rather than invoke such penalties. The majority of who do not end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation will often turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol treatment generally don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at staying sober and out of the court system completely.