Criminal justice clients are a considerable percentage of clients who take part in drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Washoe Valley and across the nation. Judicial systems in the U.S. are finding it more helpful to rehab people who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, rather than punishing them in vain with time in jail and other such rulings. It has proven more effective to address the issue of addiction directly, rather than invoke these sorts of penalties. The majority of who do not make their way to drug and alcohol rehab will frequently turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehab generally don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at staying abstinent and away from the court system entirely.