Rehabilitating individuals who are addicted and dependent to drugs and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven effective in preventing future drug related crimes for people that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Cambridge who do take part in in alcohol and drug rehab facilities, even un-voluntarily as is often ordered by the judge, these persons have a far better chance at addressing the root of the issue so that they can stay sober and away from the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to society related to these drug related criminal offenses is also affected beneficially when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabbed in drug treatment programs in Cambridge in lieu of incarceration or other harsh punishment.