Criminal justice clients in Carlsbad often end up in drug rehab centers due to the fact they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were selling drugs or were in the possession of or found to be high on drugs. Many judges put these types of persons into the drug treatment system because they consider that rehabilitating these individuals is more effective for the culture at large and for the person, rather than putting them in prison with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be quite effective not only in helping and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Carlsbad, but also in keeping them sober and in a lot of instances out of the criminal justice system for good.