Criminal justice clients in Viroqua make their way into drug and alcohol treatment programs due to the fact they were found guilty of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Many courts put these types of persons into the drug and alcohol treatment system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabilitating them is more helpful for society and for the person, rather than putting them in jail with no rehab at all. This has been established to be incredibly effective not only in helping and rehabilitating this type of client in Viroqua, but also in helping them stay off of drugs and in a number of situations out of the criminal justice system permanently.