Treating men and women who are addicted to drugs and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven to be a successful method of preventing repeat drug related offenses for people that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Boonsboro, Maryland who do agree to take part in treatment in drug and alcohol treatment programs, even if not of their own choice as is often court ordered, these individuals have a significantly better opportunity of addressing the root of the issue so that they can stay off of drugs and off of 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 impacted beneficially when criminal justice clients become helped in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Boonsboro, Maryland in lieu of jail time or other harsh punishment.