Treating individuals who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of eliminating future drug related offenses those offenders who do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Ellery, Illinois that do agree to take part in treatment in drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities, even un-voluntarily as is sometimes court ordered, these clients have a much better chance at dealing with the crux of the issue so that they can stay sober and away from being implicated in drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related criminal offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients become helped in drug and alcohol rehab programs in Ellery, Illinois instead of incarceration or other penalties.