Rehabbing men and women who are addicted to drugs or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a successful method of curbing future drug related offenses by those that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Ascutney, Vermont who do agree to take part in treatment in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs, even un-voluntarily as is occasionally ordered by the court, these persons have a much better shot of handling the crux of the issue so that they can remain abstinent and away from being implicated in drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also affected beneficially when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug rehabilitation facilities in Ascutney, Vermont in lieu of incarceration or other penalties.