Treating persons who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven effective in curbing repeat drug related offenses for people who do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Sugar Valley, Georgia who do partake in alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers, even against one's will as is sometimes court ordered, these clients have a significantly better shot of dealing with the root of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and off of the streets drug related criminal acts. The costs to the criminal justice system associated with these drug related crimes is also affected positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabilitated in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs in Sugar Valley, Georgia instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.