Rehabilitating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of preventing repeat drug related crimes by those who do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Mission Viejo, California who do agree to take part in treatment in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs, even if not of their own choice as is occasionally ordered by the court, these clients have a much better opportunity of dealing with the crux of the problem so that they can stay sober and off of being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to society associated with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients become helped in drug rehab facilities in Mission Viejo, California in lieu of incarceration or other penalties.