Rehabbing individuals who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of preventing future drug related criminal offenses for people that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Stockton that do partake in drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, even against one's will as is sometimes ordered by the court, these clients have a far better chance at handling the root of the issue so that they can remain abstinent and off of the streets drug related crimes. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also affected beneficially when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabbed in drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in Stockton instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.