Rehabilitating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of preventing future drug related crimes for people who do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Wilmington, NC. who do agree to take part in treatment in alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities, even against one's will as is often ordered by the court, these clients have a significantly better shot of addressing the crux of the problem so that they can remain off of drugs and off of negative influences and [[[committing drug related criminal acts. The costs to the criminal justice system associated with these drug related crimes is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients are rehabilitated in drug treatment facilities in Wilmington, NC. instead of incarceration or other penalties.