Criminal justice clients in Dunedin often end up in drug and alcohol rehab programs due to the fact they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Some courts put these convicted individuals into the drug treatment system mainly due to the fact that they feel that treating these persons will be more productive for society and for the person, rather than putting them in prison with no rehab at all. This has been proven to be extremely successful not only in treating and rehabilitating this type of client in Dunedin, but also in keeping them off of drugs and in a lot of instances away from the criminal justice system for good.