Criminal justice clients are a large portion of clientele who take part in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Sunnyvale and across the nation. Court systems in the country often find it more beneficial to treat individuals who have ended up in the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, rather than punishing them in vain with time in jail and other penalties. It has proven more successful to tackle the problem of addiction directly, than to enforce these sorts of penalties. Most individuals who do not make their way to drug and alcohol rehab will typically wind back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug rehabilitation generally don't fall back into drug use and have a much better chance at remaining abstinent and out of the court system for good.