Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol rehab programs in Hermosa Beach, California and across the nation. Court systems in the U.S. are finding it more beneficial to rehabilitate people who have found their way into the criminal justice system for crimes relating to drugs, instead of penalizing them to no avail with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more effective to deal with the problem of drug addiction directly, rather than enforce such penalties. The majority of individuals who do not make their way to drug and alcohol rehabilitation will frequently wind back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehabilitation generally don't fall back into drug use and have a much better chance at remaining abstinent and away from the court system completely.