Criminal justice clients in San Mateo, CA. make their way into drug and alcohol treatment centers 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 courts put these types of persons into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system mainly due to the fact that they feel that rehabilitating these individuals is more effective for the culture at large and for the person, rather than placing them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been proven to be incredibly successful not only in treating and rehabbing this type of client in San Mateo, California, but also in keeping them off of drugs and in many instances out of the criminal justice system permanently.