Criminal justice clients are a considerable percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in drug treatment centers in Humboldt and across the nation. Judicial systems in the U.S. are finding it more effective to rehabilitate men and women who have wound up in the court system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them in vain with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more successful to address the trouble of drug addiction directly, than to invoke these sorts of penalties. The majority of who do not wind up in drug and alcohol rehab will often wind back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at remaining abstinent and away from the court system for good.