Criminal justice clients are a considerable portion of clientele who are currently taking part in alcohol and drug treatment programs in Ontario and in the USA. Court systems around the country often find it more advantageous to treat men and women who have wound up in the court system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them in vain with jail time and other such rulings. It has proven more helpful to handle the problem of drug addiction more straightforwardly, than to invoke such penalties. Most individuals who do not make their way to alcohol and drug treatment will often wind back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug rehab generally don't fall back into drug use and have a much better chance at staying abstinent and away from the court system entirely.