Criminal justice clients are a large portion of clients who take part in drug and alcohol treatment centers in Joppa, Maryland and in the USA. Court systems in the U.S. are finding it more effective to treat people who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, rather than penalizing them in vain with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more successful to tackle the issue of drug or alcohol addiction more straightforwardly, than to enforce such penalties. The majority of who do not make their way to alcohol and drug treatment will often wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehab generally don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at staying sober and away from the court system entirely.