Criminal justice clients in Makinen make their way into drug treatment programs due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Some judges put these criminal persons into the drug treatment 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 verified to be quite successful not only in healing and rehabilitating this type of client in Makinen, but also in keeping them off of drugs and in a lot of cases away from the criminal justice system once and for all.