Rehabbing persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven to be a productive method of curbing future drug related criminal offenses by those that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Harahan, Louisiana that do agree to take part in treatment in drug rehabilitation centers, even un-voluntarily as is occasionally court ordered, these clients have a far better chance at addressing the crux of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to the criminal justice system associated with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients become rehabilitated in drug and alcohol treatment centers in Harahan, Louisiana instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.