Criminal justice clients in Gouverneur, NY. often end up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities because they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Many courts put these types of persons into the drug treatment system because they feel that rehabbing these persons is more helpful for society and for the individual, rather than sending them in prison with no rehab at all. This has been proven to be quite workable not only in healing and rehabbing this type of client in Gouverneur, NY., but also in helping them remain abstinent and in a number of situations away from the criminal justice system permanently.