Treating individuals who are addicted to drugs or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a successful method of eliminating future drug related crimes by those who do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Godfrey that do partake in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs, even if not of their own choice as is occasionally ordered by the judge, these individuals have a far better opportunity of addressing the crux of the issue so that they can stay sober and away from the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients are rehabbed in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Godfrey instead of incarceration or other penalties.