Rehabilitating men and women who are addicted and dependent to drugs or alcohol and have landed somewhere in the criminal justice system has proven effective in eliminating repeat drug related criminal offenses those offenders that do receive treatment. For criminal justice clients in Lubbock, Texas who do take part in in alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs, even against one's will as is sometimes court ordered, these clients have a significantly better opportunity of handling the root of the problem so that they can stay abstinent and away from the streets drug related criminal activity. The costs to society associated with these drug related crimes is also affected beneficially when criminal justice clients are helped in drug treatment centers in Lubbock, Texas instead of incarceration or other penalties.