Criminal justice clients are a considerable portion of clients who take part in drug treatment programs in Walston and in the USA. Judicial systems around the country are finding it more helpful to treat men and women who have wound up in the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, rather than punishing them to no avail with jail time and other penalties. It has proven more helpful to deal with the issue of drug addiction directly, than to invoke these sorts of penalties. The majority of who do not end up in alcohol and drug treatment will typically wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehab often don't make the same mistakes and have a much better chance at remaining sober and away from the court system entirely.