Criminal justice clients are a large portion of clients who take part in drug rehabilitation programs in Metuchen and in the USA. Judges in the U.S. often find it more effective to rehabilitate people who have wound up in the court system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them in vain with jail time and other penalties. It has proven more helpful to deal with the issue of drug addiction directly, rather than invoke such penalties. The majority of individuals who do not wind up in drug and alcohol treatment will often turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol treatment frequently don't make the same mistakes and have a much better chance at remaining sober and out of the court system entirely.