Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven effective in curbing future drug related criminal offenses for people who do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Pitts who do agree to take part in treatment in drug rehab facilities, even against one's will as is occasionally court ordered, these individuals have a significantly better shot of handling the root of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and away from being implicated in drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabbed in drug treatment programs in Pitts instead of jail time or other harsh punishment.