Rehabilitating persons who are addicted to drugs and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven effective in preventing repeat drug related crimes by those that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Ridgeway, South Carolina that do agree to take part in treatment in drug rehab centers, even un-voluntarily as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these clients have a much better shot of handling the root of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of negative influences and [[[committing drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabbed in drug rehabilitation centers in Ridgeway, South Carolina instead of incarceration or other penalties.