Criminal justice clients are a significant portion of clients who are currently taking part in alcohol and drug treatment programs in Athol, Idaho and across the nation. Judges in the U.S. often find it more helpful to rehab men and women who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them in vain with jail time and other such rulings. It is proven to be more successful to address the problem of drug or alcohol addiction directly, rather than enforce these sorts of penalties. Most who do not make their way to alcohol and drug rehabilitation will often wind back up in the criminal justice system, whilst criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehabilitation often don't make the same mistakes and have a far better chance at remaining sober and out of the court system for good.