DUI/DWI offenders in Nashville are often given the opportunity to take part in a drug rehab center instead of consequences for their drug or alcohol related criminal offenses. Penalties for these types of crimes can ordinarily be rather harsh, and may include jail time and serious fines and other significant costs associated with being prosecuted and/or found guilty of DUI/DWI. More often than not, particularly for initial offenders, the court finds that treating the problems of drug or alcohol abuse in drug or alcohol rehab is a better decision in the long term for curbing the problem. For DUI/DWI offenders in Nashville who are lucky enough to be permitted to participate in this rehab process instead of other more serious punishment, many will stay out of the court system for good.