Criminal justice clients in Roma make their way into drug treatment programs due to the fact they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were distributing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Some courts put these criminal persons into the drug rehab system because they feel that rehabbing these persons will be more effective for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than sending them in prison with no rehab at all. This has been established to be incredibly effective not only in helping and rehabbing this type of client in Roma, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a number of cases away from the criminal justice system once and for all.