Rehabilitating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a successful method of eliminating future drug related offenses those offenders that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Oakboro, North Carolina that do take part in in alcohol and drug treatment facilities, even if not of their own choice as is sometimes ordered by the court, these individuals have a much better chance at dealing with the root of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of negative influences and [[[committing drug related crimes. The costs to society associated with these drug related offenses is also affected beneficially when criminal justice clients become helped in drug rehabilitation facilities in Oakboro, North Carolina in lieu of incarceration or other harsh punishment.