Treating individuals who are addicted to drugs and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven to be effective in eliminating future drug related offenses for people who do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Lisbon who do partake in alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers, even un-voluntarily as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these clients have a significantly better opportunity of dealing with the root of the issue so that they can remain abstinent and away from the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to society having to do with these drug related crimes is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug rehabilitation programs in Lisbon in lieu of incarceration or other harsh punishment.