Criminal justice clients in St. George, South Carolina often end up in drug and alcohol treatment centers because they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or under the influence of drugs. Many courts put these convicted persons into the alcohol and drug treatment system because they believe that rehabbing these persons is more effective for the culture at large and for the person, rather than placing them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been established to be very successful not only in healing and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in St. George, South Carolina, but also in helping them remain abstinent and in many situations out of the criminal justice system for good.