Treating individuals who are addicted and dependent to drugs and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of eliminating repeat drug related criminal offenses by those that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Elmhurst that do agree to take part in treatment in alcohol and drug treatment programs, even un-voluntarily as is often ordered by the judge, these persons have a much better opportunity of handling the root of the issue so that they can remain abstinent and away from being implicated in drug related criminal activity. The costs to society associated with these drug related offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabbed in drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Elmhurst in lieu of jail time or other penalties.