Criminal justice clients in Amarillo make their way into alcohol and drug treatment centers because they were found guilty of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were found to be high on drugs. Some courts put these criminal individuals into the alcohol and drug treatment system because they consider that rehabilitating them will be more helpful for society and for the individual, rather than putting them in jail with no rehabilitation at all. This has been proven to be incredibly workable not only in treating and rehabilitating these criminal justice clients in Amarillo, but also in keeping them off of drugs and in a lot of cases away from the criminal justice system for good.