Treating men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven to be effective in eliminating future drug related offenses those offenders that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Planada, California that do agree to take part in treatment in drug and alcohol rehab centers, even against one's will as is occasionally ordered by the judge, these individuals have a much better chance at handling the root of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and away from being implicated in drug related criminal acts. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients become helped in drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities in Planada instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.