Rehabilitating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven to be a successful method of preventing repeat drug related criminal offenses for individuals that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Ozark who do take part in in drug rehabilitation programs, even un-voluntarily as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these clients have a much better chance at handling the crux of the issue so that they can remain abstinent and off of being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related crimes is also affected beneficially when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug rehabilitation programs in Ozark instead of jail time or other harsh punishment.