Criminal justice clients are a significant portion of clients who are currently taking part in drug and alcohol treatment facilities in Rusk and across the nation. Judges in the U.S. are finding it more beneficial to rehabilitate men and women who have ended up in the criminal justice system for crimes relating to drugs, instead of penalizing them to no avail with time in jail and other such rulings. It is proven to be more helpful to address the problem of drug addiction directly, rather than enforce such penalties. Most who do not make their way to drug and alcohol treatment will typically wind back up in the criminal justice system, whilst criminal justice clients in alcohol and drug rehabilitation often don't fall back into drug use and have a better chance at remaining sober and out of the court system entirely.