Treating men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven effective in preventing future drug related crimes by those who do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in George West who do agree to take part in treatment in drug treatment programs, even un-voluntarily as is often ordered by the judge, these persons have a significantly better opportunity of dealing with the root of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and away from the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabbed in drug and alcohol rehab facilities in George West instead of incarceration or other penalties.