Criminal justice clients in Strasburg, North Dakota make their way into drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Some courts put these criminal individuals into the alcohol and drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they feel that treating these persons is more effective for society and for the person, rather than putting them in jail with no rehab at all. This has been established to be incredibly successful not only in treating and rehabbing this type of client in Strasburg, North Dakota, but also in keeping them sober and in a number of cases out of the criminal justice system permanently.