Criminal justice clients are a significant portion of clients who take part in alcohol and drug treatment programs in Cool and in the USA. Court systems in the U.S. are finding it more advantageous to rehab men and women who have ended up in the court system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them to no avail with jail time and other penalties. It is proven to be more helpful to tackle the issue of drug addiction directly, than to enforce these sorts of penalties. Most who do not make their way to alcohol and drug rehabilitation will typically turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in drug rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at remaining abstinent and away from the court system for good.