Criminal justice clients are a considerable portion of clients who take part in alcohol and drug rehab programs in Pittsburg, California and in the USA. Court systems in the country often find it more advantageous to treat people who have found their way into the criminal justice system for crimes relating to drugs, rather than punishing them in vain with jail time and other penalties. It has proven more effective to tackle the problem of addiction directly, rather than invoke such penalties. Most who do not wind up in alcohol and drug rehab will often wind back up in the criminal justice system, whilst criminal justice clients in drug treatment often don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at remaining sober and away from the court system for good.