Criminal justice clients in Detroit make their way into drug treatment programs due to the fact they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were distributing drugs or were in the possession of or under the influence of drugs. Many judges put these types of persons into the drug rehabilitation system because they consider that treating these persons is more helpful for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them behind bars with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be extremely workable not only in helping and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in Detroit, but also in keeping them abstinent and in a number of cases away from the criminal justice system for good.