Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clientele who take part in drug and alcohol rehab programs in Cocoa Beach, Florida and across the nation. Judges in the U.S. are finding it more beneficial to rehabilitate individuals who have ended up in the court system for crimes relating to drugs, instead of penalizing them to no avail with jail time and other such rulings. It has proven more helpful to address the issue of drug or alcohol addiction directly, rather than enforce such penalties. Most who do not end up in drug and alcohol treatment will often turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, whilst criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol treatment generally don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at remaining sober and out of the court system for good.