Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in alcohol and drug treatment programs in Wendell, MA. and across the nation. Judicial systems in the U.S. often find it more helpful to rehabilitate men and women who have wound up in the criminal justice system for crimes relating to drugs, rather than punishing them to no avail with jail time and other penalties. It has proven more effective to address the issue of addiction directly, rather than invoke these sorts of penalties. Most who do not end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation will often wind back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug rehab frequently don't fall back into drug use and have a much better chance at remaining abstinent and away from the court system completely.