Rehabilitating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of eliminating future drug related offenses those offenders that do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Pickens, South Carolina who do take part in in drug and alcohol rehab centers, even against one's will as is sometimes court ordered, these individuals have a far better chance at handling the root of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of negative influences and [[[committing drug related criminal activity. The costs to society associated with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabilitated in drug rehabilitation facilities in Pickens, South Carolina instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.