Rehabilitating persons who are addicted to drugs or alcohol and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven to be effective in preventing repeat drug related crimes those offenders that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Penn Valley, California that do agree to take part in treatment in drug and alcohol rehab programs, even against one's will as is often ordered by the judge, these clients have a significantly better chance at addressing the root of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Penn Valley instead of incarceration or other penalties.