Treating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven to be a successful method of curbing future drug related criminal offenses by those who do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Richlandtown that do partake in alcohol and drug treatment centers, even against one's will as is often ordered by the judge, these individuals have a significantly better opportunity of dealing with the crux of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and off of negative influences and [[[committing drug related crimes. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related crimes is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug rehabilitation centers in Richlandtown instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.