Criminal justice clients are a large portion of clients who are currently taking part in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs in Basalt and in the USA. Court systems in the U.S. are finding it more helpful to treat men and women who have found their way into the criminal justice system for crimes relating to drugs, rather than penalizing them in vain with jail time and other such rulings. It has proven more effective to handle the issue of drug addiction directly, rather than invoke such penalties. The majority of who do not make their way to alcohol and drug rehabilitation will typically turn right back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at staying sober and out of the court system entirely.