Rehabbing individuals who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven effective in eliminating repeat drug related criminal offenses by those that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in San Cristobal, New Mexico who do partake in drug treatment centers, even un-voluntarily as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these clients have a significantly better opportunity of handling the crux of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to society having to do with these drug related offenses is also affected beneficially when criminal justice clients turn out to be helped in drug rehabilitation facilities in San Cristobal, New Mexico in lieu of incarceration or other harsh punishment.