Treating persons who are addicted to drugs and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of preventing repeat drug related crimes for people who do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Hertford, North Carolina who do agree to take part in treatment in drug rehab centers, even un-voluntarily as is sometimes ordered by the court, these individuals have a far better opportunity of dealing with the root of the problem so that they can remain off of drugs and off of negative influences and [[[committing drug related criminal acts. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients are rehabbed in drug and alcohol rehab centers in Hertford, North Carolina in lieu of incarceration or other harsh punishment.