Criminal justice clients in Arcata, California make their way into alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs due to the fact they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Some courts put these convicted persons into the alcohol and drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they feel that rehabbing them is more productive for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than sending them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been verified to be very successful not only in helping and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Arcata, but also in keeping them sober and in a number of situations out of the criminal justice system once and for all.