Criminal justice clients in Griffin often end up in alcohol and drug treatment centers because they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were under the influence of drugs. Some courts put these criminal persons into the drug rehabilitation system because they feel that rehabilitating these individuals is more helpful for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been verified to be extremely effective not only in healing and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Griffin, but also in helping them remain off of drugs and in a number of instances out of the criminal justice system permanently.