Criminal justice clients in Elderton make their way into alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs due to the fact they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or under the influence of drugs. Some courts put these convicted persons into the drug rehabilitation system because they consider that rehabilitating them is more effective for society and for the person, rather than placing them behind bars with no rehab at all. This has been established to be extremely workable not only in healing and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Elderton, but also in helping them stay abstinent and in a number of cases away from the criminal justice system permanently.