Treating individuals who are addicted and dependent to drugs and/or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of eliminating repeat drug related criminal offenses by those that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Waco that do take part in in drug rehabilitation centers, even un-voluntarily as is often ordered by the court, these clients have a significantly better opportunity of dealing with the root of the problem so that they can stay off of drugs and away from being implicated in drug related criminal acts. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related criminal offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients become helped in drug and alcohol treatment centers in Waco in lieu of incarceration or other harsh punishment.