Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clients who take part in drug and alcohol treatment programs in Spiritwood Lake and across the nation. Judicial systems around the country are finding it more advantageous to treat people who have ended up in the criminal justice system for crimes relating to drugs, rather than penalizing them to no avail with jail time and other such rulings. It is proven to be more successful to tackle the problem of drug or alcohol addiction directly, than to enforce such penalties. The majority of individuals who do not wind up in drug and alcohol rehabilitation will typically wind back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug and alcohol rehab generally don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at remaining sober and away from the court system completely.