Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven to be a successful method of curbing future drug related criminal offenses those offenders who do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Winthrop that do agree to take part in treatment in drug rehabilitation programs, even against one's will as is sometimes ordered by the court, these clients have a significantly better opportunity of handling the root of the problem so that they can remain abstinent and away from negative influences and [[[committing drug related criminal activity. The costs to society related to these drug related offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be helped in drug treatment facilities in Winthrop instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.