Criminal justice clients in CO. often end up in drug and alcohol rehab centers due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many courts put these convicted persons into the drug and alcohol rehab system mainly due to the fact that they feel that rehabilitating these individuals is more effective for society and for the person, rather than sending them in jail with no treatment at all. This has been proven to be extremely successful not only in healing and rehabbing this type of client in Colorado, but also in keeping them abstinent and in many instances out of the criminal justice system once and for all.