Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for clients in Alton, Virginia who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been given because of a drug or alcohol related crime. Court appointed clients in Alton are occasionally sent to attend a drug rehabilitation facility in lieu of other justice actions such as heavy fines and jail time. This is most often the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing and jailing them has proven very effective in Alton, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same drug or alcohol related crimes in the future.