Treating men and women who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven to be a productive method of preventing repeat drug related crimes those offenders that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Elfin Cove, Alaska that do take part in in alcohol and drug treatment facilities, even against one's will as is often ordered by the judge, these clients have a significantly better chance at addressing the root of the issue so that they can stay sober and away from being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to society associated with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Elfin Cove, Alaska instead of incarceration or other penalties.