Treating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven effective in preventing future drug related criminal offenses for people that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Ellis, Kansas that do take part in in alcohol and drug treatment centers, even against one's will as is occasionally ordered by the judge, these clients have a far better chance at handling the root of the problem so that they can stay sober and away from being implicated in drug related criminal acts. The costs to society having to do with these drug related crimes is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients are rehabilitated in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs in Ellis, Kansas in lieu of jail time or other penalties.