Criminal justice clients are a significant percentage of clientele who take part in drug rehab facilities in Kelso and across the nation. Judges around the country are finding it more helpful to rehabilitate individuals who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, rather than penalizing them to no avail with time in jail and other such rulings. It is proven to be more effective to tackle the problem of drug addiction directly, rather than enforce these sorts of penalties. The majority of who do not wind up in drug rehab will frequently turn right back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at staying sober and away from the court system entirely.