Rehabilitating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven effective in preventing repeat drug related criminal offenses by those that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in New Boston that do partake in alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities, even if not of their own choice as is occasionally court ordered, these individuals have a significantly better opportunity of addressing the root of the problem so that they can remain abstinent and away from the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabilitated in drug rehab facilities in New Boston instead of incarceration or other penalties.