Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven to be a productive method of eliminating future drug related offenses by those who do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in New England, North Dakota that do partake in drug and alcohol rehab programs, even if not of their own choice as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these individuals have a far better chance at dealing with the crux of the issue so that they can remain abstinent and off of the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug and alcohol treatment programs in New England, North Dakota instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.