Treating men and women who are addicted to drugs and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven to be a successful method of curbing future drug related crimes those offenders that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in St. John who do partake in drug rehabilitation programs, even against one's will as is often ordered by the judge, these individuals have a much better opportunity of handling the crux of the problem so that they can stay sober and off of being implicated in drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug rehab programs in St. John instead of incarceration or other penalties.