Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven effective in curbing repeat drug related crimes by those that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Carmel that do take part in in alcohol and drug treatment programs, even against one's will as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these clients have a far better shot of handling the root of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and off of negative influences and [[[committing drug related crimes. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabbed in drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Carmel, CA. instead of jail time or other penalties.