Criminal justice clients are a significant percentage of clients who take part in drug rehab programs in Murrieta, California and across the nation. Judicial systems in the country are finding it more effective to rehab individuals who have ended up in the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing 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 invoke these sorts of penalties. The majority of individuals who do not make their way to drug and alcohol rehabilitation will often turn right back up in the criminal justice system, whilst criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at remaining sober and away from the court system completely.