Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted to drugs or alcohol and have found their way into the criminal justice system has proven effective in preventing repeat drug related offenses for people who do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Buffalo who do partake in drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities, even against one's will as is often court ordered, these clients have a far better shot of handling the crux of the problem so that they can remain off of drugs and off of the streets drug related criminal acts. The costs to society having to do with these drug related offenses is also affected positively when criminal justice clients become rehabbed in drug rehabilitation programs in Buffalo instead of incarceration or other penalties.