Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted to drugs or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven to be a productive method of eliminating repeat drug related criminal offenses those offenders who do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in North Adams, Massachusetts that do agree to take part in treatment in drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs, even un-voluntarily as is occasionally ordered by the judge, these clients have a significantly better shot of addressing the root of the issue so that they can remain abstinent 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 rehabbed in drug rehabilitation facilities in North Adams, Massachusetts in lieu of incarceration or other harsh punishment.