Criminal justice clients are a large portion of clientele who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol rehab programs in North Wildwood and across the nation. Court systems in the U.S. often find it more advantageous to rehabilitate men and women who have wound up in the court system for crimes relating to drugs, rather than punishing them in vain with jail time and other penalties. It has proven more helpful to handle the problem of addiction directly, rather than enforce such penalties. Most who do not end up in drug treatment will typically turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug rehab often don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at staying sober and away from the court system for good.