Criminal justice clients in West Columbia make their way into drug treatment programs because they were convicted of crimes relating to drugs, whether they were dealing drugs or were in the possession of or high on drugs. Some courts put these criminal individuals into the alcohol and drug rehab system mainly due to the fact that they feel that treating these persons is more productive for the culture at large and for the person, rather than placing them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been verified to be quite successful not only in helping and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in West Columbia, but also in keeping them sober and in a number of cases out of the criminal justice system once and for all.