Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a successful method of preventing repeat drug related crimes by those who do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Williamstown that do partake in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, even if not of their own choice as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these persons have a much better opportunity of handling the root of the problem so that they can stay off of drugs and off of being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to society associated with these drug related criminal offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients are rehabilitated in drug rehabilitation programs in Williamstown in lieu of incarceration or other penalties.