Criminal justice clients are a considerable percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol rehab programs in Leeds, Maine and in the USA. Court systems around the country are finding it more helpful to rehabilitate people who have found their way into the court system for drug related crimes, rather than penalizing them in vain with time in jail and other such rulings. It is proven to be more successful to address the issue of drug addiction directly, than to enforce such penalties. The majority of individuals who do not end up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation will often turn right back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug treatment often don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at staying abstinent and out of the court system entirely.