Rehabilitating individuals who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven effective in preventing future drug related crimes for people who do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Medina, New York that do take part in in drug and alcohol rehab facilities, even against one's will as is occasionally ordered by the judge, these persons have a far better chance at handling the root of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of negative influences and [[[committing drug related criminal acts. The costs to the criminal justice system associated with these drug related offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug rehabilitation facilities in Medina, New York instead of incarceration or other penalties.