Criminal justice clients are a considerable percentage of clients who take part in alcohol and drug treatment programs in Vandalia, MI. and across the nation. Judges in the U.S. are finding it more effective to rehab people who have ended up in the court system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them to no avail with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more effective to handle the problem of drug or alcohol addiction directly, than to invoke such penalties. The majority of who do not end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation will typically turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug treatment often don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at remaining abstinent and away from the court system entirely.