Rehabilitating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven to be a successful method of preventing future drug related crimes those offenders that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Elk Creek who do agree to take part in treatment in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs, even against one's will as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these persons have a far better shot of dealing with the root of the issue so that they can remain sober and away from being implicated in drug related criminal acts. The costs to society related to these drug related offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients are rehabilitated in drug treatment facilities in Elk Creek instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.