Criminal justice clients in Norway often end up in drug rehab programs due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Many courts put these types of persons into the drug and alcohol treatment system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabbing these individuals will be more effective for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been verified to be incredibly successful not only in helping and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Norway, but also in keeping them sober and in many cases away from the criminal justice system once and for all.