Rehabilitating individuals who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of preventing repeat drug related offenses for people that do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in Winchester who do agree to take part in treatment in drug and alcohol treatment programs, even against one's will as is often court ordered, these clients have a much better opportunity of addressing the root of the issue so that they can stay abstinent and off of the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to society having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients are helped in drug rehabilitation centers in Winchester in lieu of incarceration or other penalties.