Treating men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven to be effective in curbing repeat drug related offenses for people that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Mesa who do agree to take part in treatment in drug rehab programs, even if not of their own choice as is occasionally ordered by the court, these clients have a much better opportunity of addressing the root of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and away from being implicated in drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients become helped in drug rehabilitation facilities in Mesa instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.