Rehabilitating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a successful method of curbing future drug related offenses for people that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Meeker who do agree to take part in treatment in drug rehab centers, even against one's will as is occasionally ordered by the judge, these persons have a significantly better shot of handling the root of the issue so that they can remain off of drugs and off of negative influences and [[[committing drug related criminal acts. The costs to society related to these drug related criminal offenses is also affected beneficially when criminal justice clients become helped in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Meeker in lieu of incarceration or other penalties.