Rehabilitating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of preventing future drug related criminal offenses by those that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Selma, NC. that do agree to take part in treatment in alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers, even if not of their own choice as is sometimes court ordered, these clients have a far better opportunity of dealing with the crux of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of the streets drug related crimes. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related offenses is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients are helped in drug and alcohol rehab programs in Selma, NC. in lieu of jail time or other harsh punishment.