DUI/DWI offenders in Hankins, NY. often find that they are dealt serious legal penalties for their DUI or DWI including time in jail and other consequences which may affect them for many years. Instead of of such consequences or to lessen some of them, some DUI/DWI offenders are given the option of or even court ordered to participate in a Hankins, NY. drug and alcohol treatment center to deal with their problems with drugs or alcohol abuse. Court ordering or making the recommendation that DUI/DWI offenders participate in drug and alcohol rehab has worked not just in treating problems regarding drug or alcohol addiction but also in keeping them away from the criminal justice system permanently. A lot of DUI/DWI offenders that are given one shot end up rehabilitated, having a positive effect not only on the offender but on the criminal justice and society at large.