Criminal justice clients are a large percentage of clients who take part in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs in Lovelady and across the nation. Court systems in the U.S. often find it more helpful to treat men and women who have found their way into the criminal justice system for drug related crimes, instead of penalizing them to no avail with time in jail and other such rulings. It has proven more helpful to handle the problem of addiction directly, than to invoke these sorts of penalties. The majority of who do not end up in alcohol and drug rehabilitation will often turn right back up in the criminal justice system, while criminal justice clients in drug treatment frequently don't fall back into drug use and have a far better chance at staying sober and away from the court system completely.