Treating persons who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven effective in curbing repeat drug related crimes those offenders who do take advantage of treatment programs. For criminal justice clients in La Joya that do agree to take part in treatment in drug and alcohol treatment programs, even if not of their own choice as is often court ordered, these individuals have a far better opportunity of dealing with the crux of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and away from being implicated in drug related criminal acts. The costs to the criminal justice system having to do with these drug related criminal offenses is also impacted positively when criminal justice clients turn out to be rehabbed in drug rehab facilities in La Joya instead of incarceration or other harsh punishment.