Rehabbing individuals who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven effective in curbing future drug related crimes by those who do become rehabilitated. For criminal justice clients in Thurmont, Maryland that do agree to take part in treatment in alcohol and drug treatment facilities, even un-voluntarily as is often ordered by the judge, these clients have a much better opportunity of addressing the root of the problem so that they can stay sober and off of being implicated in drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients become rehabilitated in drug treatment centers in Thurmont, Maryland instead of incarceration or other penalties.