Rehabilitating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven a successful method of curbing future drug related offenses for individuals that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Tuscaloosa that do agree to take part in treatment in alcohol and drug rehabilitation facilities, even against one's will as is often court ordered, these persons have a far better chance at handling the root of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and away from the streets drug related criminal acts. The costs to society associated with these drug related criminal offenses is also affected beneficially when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug rehabilitation programs in Tuscaloosa in lieu of jail time or other harsh punishment.