Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clients who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs in Tekoa and in the USA. Judges around the country often find it more effective to rehabilitate people who have found their way into the court system for crimes relating to drugs, instead of punishing them in vain with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more helpful to deal with the issue of addiction directly, rather than enforce such penalties. Most who do not wind up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation will typically wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug rehabilitation generally don't fall back into drug use and have a much better chance at remaining sober and away from the court system for good.