Treating persons who are addicted to drugs and/or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven to be a successful method of curbing future drug related offenses by those that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Hixson who do take part in in drug and alcohol treatment facilities, even against one's will as is occasionally court ordered, these clients have a far better shot of dealing with the root of the problem so that they can stay sober and off of the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related crimes is also affected beneficially when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug and alcohol rehab centers in Hixson instead of incarceration or other penalties.