Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in alcohol and drug rehab programs in Cushing and across the nation. Judicial systems around the country are finding it more helpful to rehabilitate individuals who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them in vain with jail time and other such rulings. It has proven more effective to deal with the issue of addiction directly, than to invoke these sorts of penalties. The majority of who do not end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation will typically turn right back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug treatment often don't make the same mistakes and have a better chance at remaining sober and out of the court system entirely.