Criminal justice clients in San Antonio make their way into alcohol and drug treatment programs because 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. Some courts put these convicted individuals into the alcohol and drug rehabilitation system because they believe that rehabilitating them will be more effective for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than placing them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been verified to be incredibly workable not only in treating and rehabbing these criminal justice clients in San Antonio, but also in keeping them off of drugs and in a number of cases away from the criminal justice system permanently.