Treating individuals who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of preventing repeat drug related offenses for people who do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in St. Cloud who do partake in drug rehabilitation centers, even if not of their own choice as is often court ordered, these clients have a far better shot of handling the crux of the problem so that they can stay sober and off of being implicated in drug related criminal acts. The costs to society having to do with these drug related crimes is also affected beneficially when criminal justice clients become helped in drug treatment facilities in St. Cloud instead of incarceration or other penalties.