Rehabilitating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs and have ended up in the criminal justice system has proven to be a productive method of eliminating future drug related crimes those offenders that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Washington that do agree to take part in treatment in drug and alcohol rehab programs, even against one's will as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these persons have a much better shot of handling the root of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to the criminal justice system associated with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be helped in drug rehab programs in Washington in lieu of incarceration or other harsh punishment.