Rehabbing men and women who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of eliminating future drug related crimes by those that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in South Boston, Massachusetts that do take part in in alcohol and drug rehab programs, even if not of their own choice as is sometimes ordered by the court, these individuals have a much better chance at handling the crux of the issue so that they can remain abstinent and off of the streets drug related criminal acts. 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 rehab facilities in South Boston, Massachusetts instead of jail time or other penalties.