Criminal justice clients are a significant percentage of clientele who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Marina, California and in the USA. Judicial systems around the country often find it more effective to rehabilitate people who have ended up in the criminal justice system for crimes relating to drugs, rather than punishing them to no avail with jail time and other penalties. It is proven to be more successful to tackle the problem of drug or alcohol addiction directly, than to invoke these sorts of penalties. Most individuals who do not end up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation will often turn right back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug treatment often don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at remaining sober and away from the court system completely.