Treating individuals who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a successful method of preventing future drug related criminal offenses by those who do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Wheaton, Missouri who do partake in drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, even if not of their own choice as is sometimes ordered by the court, these clients have a far better opportunity of addressing the root of the issue so that they can stay off of drugs and off of the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related criminal offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabbed in drug and alcohol treatment centers in Wheaton, Missouri instead of jail time or other penalties.