Criminal justice clients in Vansant, Virginia make their way into drug and alcohol treatment facilities due to the fact they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Some judges put these criminal individuals into the drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they believe that rehabilitating these individuals will be more productive for society and for the person, rather than sending them behind bars with no rehab at all. This has been established to be extremely effective not only in helping and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Vansant, Virginia, but also in helping them remain abstinent and in many instances out of the criminal justice system permanently.