Criminal justice clients in Lamar make their way into drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs because they were convicted of drug related crimes, whether they were dealing drugs or had drugs in their possession or were under the influence of drugs. Some courts put these criminal persons into the alcohol and drug rehab system mainly due to the fact that they consider that rehabilitating them will be more helpful for the culture at large and for the individual, rather than sending them behind bars with no treatment at all. This has been proven to be extremely successful not only in healing and rehabilitating this type of client in Lamar, but also in helping them remain off of drugs and in a number of cases away from the criminal justice system permanently.