Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven effective in eliminating future drug related crimes for individuals that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Brooks, Maine who do take part in in alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers, even against one's will as is occasionally court ordered, these clients have a much better opportunity of handling the root of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and away from being implicated in drug related criminal acts. The costs to society having to do with these drug related crimes is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients are helped in drug rehab facilities in Brooks, Maine instead of jail time or other harsh punishment.