Rehabilitating individuals who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven to be a successful method of preventing future drug related criminal offenses by those that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Syria, Virginia that do partake in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs, even against one's will as is often court ordered, these persons have a significantly better chance at handling the root of the problem so that they can stay sober and off of being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients become helped in drug rehabilitation programs in Syria, Virginia in lieu of incarceration or other harsh punishment.