Rehabbing 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 curbing future drug related offenses for people who do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Wakefield who do take part in in alcohol and drug treatment centers, even un-voluntarily as is occasionally ordered by the judge, these clients have a much better shot of addressing the root of the problem so that they can remain abstinent and away from the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to the criminal justice system associated with these drug related offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients are helped in drug rehabilitation programs in Wakefield instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.