Treating men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven effective in curbing future drug related crimes by those that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Louisa, Virginia that do agree to take part in treatment in alcohol and drug treatment programs, even if not of their own choice as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these persons have a significantly better shot of dealing with the root of the issue so that they can remain sober and away from the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related crimes is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients become helped in drug rehabilitation facilities in Louisa, Virginia instead of incarceration or other penalties.