Criminal justice clients in San Luis Obispo, California often end up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities because they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were high on drugs. Some judges put these criminal individuals into the alcohol and drug rehab system because they believe that rehabbing these persons will be more effective for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them in jail with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be extremely workable not only in helping and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in San Luis Obispo, but also in helping them stay off of drugs and in a lot of cases away from the criminal justice system permanently.