Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clients who are currently taking part in alcohol and drug rehab programs in Lake Forest and across the nation. Court systems around the country often find it more beneficial to rehabilitate individuals who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, rather than penalizing them to no avail with jail time and other penalties. It is proven to be more effective to tackle the issue of drug addiction directly, than to enforce these sorts of penalties. The majority of individuals who do not end up in drug rehabilitation will typically turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in drug rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at remaining abstinent and away from the court system for good.