Rehabilitating individuals who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven to be a productive method of curbing future drug related criminal offenses by those that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Lowell who do agree to take part in treatment in drug rehab programs, even if not of their own choice as is occasionally ordered by the judge, these individuals have a far better chance at handling the root of the problem so that they can remain off of drugs and off of being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to the criminal justice system associated with these drug related crimes is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients are rehabbed in drug rehab facilities in Lowell instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.