Criminal justice clients are a significant percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in drug treatment centers in Gardena and in the USA. Court systems in the country are finding it more effective to rehabilitate individuals who have wound up in the criminal justice system for crimes relating to drugs, rather than punishing them in vain with jail time and other penalties. It has proven more effective to address the problem of drug or alcohol addiction directly, than to enforce such penalties. Most who do not end up in drug treatment will often turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehabilitation generally don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at remaining sober and out of the court system for good.