Criminal justice clients in Elon often end up in alcohol and drug treatment facilities due to the fact they were found guilty of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or under the influence of drugs. Many judges put these types of persons into the drug rehab system because they feel that rehabilitating them will be more productive for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than sending them in prison with no treatment at all. This has been proven to be very workable not only in treating and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Elon, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a lot of cases out of the criminal justice system permanently.