Treating individuals who are addicted and dependent to drugs and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of preventing future drug related criminal offenses for people that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Hernandez, New Mexico that do take part in in alcohol and drug treatment programs, even un-voluntarily as is occasionally ordered by the judge, these individuals have a much better opportunity of handling the crux of the problem so that they can remain abstinent and away from being implicated in drug related criminal activity. The costs to society associated with these drug related crimes is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs in Hernandez, New Mexico instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.