Rehabbing individuals who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven effective in eliminating future drug related crimes for people that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Kelso that do agree to take part in treatment in drug and alcohol rehab programs, even against one's will as is occasionally court ordered, these individuals have a significantly better shot of handling the root of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and away from the streets drug related criminal acts. The costs to society having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabilitated in drug and alcohol rehab programs in Kelso instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.