Treating men and women who are addicted to drugs and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of preventing future drug related criminal offenses for people that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Spelter that do partake in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs, even if not of their own choice as is often ordered by the judge, these individuals have a much better opportunity of dealing with the root of the problem so that they can stay off of drugs and away from being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to society related to these drug related offenses is also impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabilitated in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Spelter in lieu of incarceration or other harsh punishment.