Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven to be a productive method of curbing repeat drug related offenses for people who do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Kaktovik, Alaska that do partake in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs, even un-voluntarily as is occasionally ordered by the judge, these clients have a far better opportunity of addressing the crux of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of being implicated in drug related criminal acts. The costs to the criminal justice system associated with these drug related crimes is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients become helped in drug rehabilitation centers in Kaktovik, Alaska in lieu of jail time or other harsh punishment.