Criminal justice clients are a large portion of clients who take part in drug and alcohol rehab programs in Silver Spring, Maryland and across the nation. Judges in the U.S. often find it more effective to rehabilitate people who have wound up in the court system for drug related crimes, instead of punishing them to no avail with time in jail and other such rulings. It is proven to be more effective to deal with the problem of drug or alcohol addiction directly, than to enforce such penalties. The majority of who do not end up in drug and alcohol rehab will often wind back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a much better chance at remaining sober and away from the court system entirely.