Criminal justice clients are a significant portion of clients who are currently taking part in alcohol and drug treatment facilities in Freer and in the USA. Judges in the U.S. often find it more effective to treat individuals who have found their way into the court system for crimes relating to drugs, instead of punishing them to no avail with jail time and other penalties. It is proven to be more effective to handle the problem of addiction directly, than to enforce such penalties. Most who do not make their way to drug rehabilitation will typically turn right back up in the criminal justice hamster wheel, while criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug treatment often don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at staying abstinent and out of the court system for good.