Rehabilitating individuals who are addicted to drugs or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven a productive method of eliminating future drug related criminal offenses those offenders who do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Port Lavaca who do take part in in alcohol and drug rehab programs, even against one's will as is sometimes ordered by the judge, these individuals have a much better shot of addressing the crux of the problem so that they can stay sober and away from being implicated in drug related crimes. The costs to the criminal justice system related to these drug related offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients are rehabbed in drug rehabilitation programs in Port Lavaca in lieu of jail time or other harsh punishment.