Rehabbing persons who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven to be a successful method of curbing future drug related criminal offenses those offenders that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Friendship that do partake in drug and alcohol treatment programs, even against one's will as is often ordered by the court, these persons have a much better opportunity of addressing the root of the issue so that they can stay off of drugs and off of the streets drug related criminal acts. The costs to society having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients become helped in drug treatment centers in Friendship instead of incarceration or other penalties.