Rehabbing persons who are addicted to drugs and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven a successful method of curbing future drug related crimes those offenders who do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Mamou that do partake in drug and alcohol rehab programs, even if not of their own choice as is sometimes ordered by the court, these persons have a much better opportunity of dealing with the root of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of being implicated in drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients become helped in drug rehabilitation programs in Mamou instead of jail time or other harsh punishment.