Rehabilitating individuals who are addicted to drugs or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of curbing future drug related crimes those offenders who do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Lake City that do partake in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, even un-voluntarily as is often ordered by the judge, these clients have a significantly better opportunity of dealing with the root of the problem so that they can stay off of drugs and away from being implicated in drug related criminal activity. The costs to society related to these drug related crimes is also affected positively when criminal justice clients become rehabilitated in drug rehabilitation programs in Lake City instead of jail time or other penalties.