Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted to drugs and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven to be a successful method of curbing future drug related criminal offenses those offenders that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Petaca, New Mexico who do agree to take part in treatment in drug rehabilitation centers, even if not of their own choice as is sometimes court ordered, these persons have a significantly better opportunity of dealing with the crux of the problem so that they can stay off of drugs and away from being implicated in drug related criminal activity. The costs to society having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabilitated in drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in Petaca, New Mexico instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.