Rehabilitating persons who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven a successful method of eliminating future drug related offenses for people that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Mayer, Minnesota that do take part in in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, even un-voluntarily as is occasionally ordered by the judge, these clients have a much better shot of dealing with the crux of the problem so that they can stay sober 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 turn out to be rehabilitated in drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in Mayer, Minnesota in lieu of jail time or other penalties.