Criminal justice clients in Lanham often end up in drug treatment programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were under the influence of drugs. Many courts put these criminal persons into the drug and alcohol treatment system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabbing them is more helpful for society and for the person, rather than placing them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been established to be extremely effective not only in treating and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Lanham, but also in helping them remain abstinent and in a lot of instances away from the criminal justice system for good.