Criminal justice clients in Mahtomedi often end up in drug treatment programs due to the fact they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these convicted persons into the drug rehab system mainly due to the fact that they feel that rehabbing them will be more effective for society and for the person, rather than placing them in jail with no treatment at all. This has been proven to be extremely effective not only in treating and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Mahtomedi, but also in keeping them sober and in a number of cases out of the criminal justice system once and for all.