Criminal justice clients in Sheldonville, MA. make their way into alcohol and drug treatment programs because they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these criminal persons into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system mainly due to the fact that they believe that rehabilitating them is more effective for the culture at large and for the person, rather than placing them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be very effective not only in healing and rehabilitating this type of client in Sheldonville, MA., but also in helping them remain abstinent and in a number of instances out of the criminal justice system permanently.