Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of eliminating future drug related criminal offenses for people that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Lamar who do take part in in alcohol and drug treatment facilities, even against one's will as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these persons have a far better opportunity of dealing with the crux of the issue so that they can remain abstinent and away from being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabilitated in drug and alcohol treatment centers in Lamar instead of jail time or other penalties.