Criminal justice clients in Malibu make their way into drug and alcohol treatment programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Some courts put these convicted persons into the drug and alcohol treatment system because they consider that rehabilitating these persons is more productive for society and for the individual, rather than putting them behind bars with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be quite effective not only in treating and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Malibu, but also in keeping them abstinent and in many cases away from the criminal justice system once and for all.