Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for individuals in Bettles, Alaska who have been sent to drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been issued because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Bettles are occasionally sent to attend a drug rehabilitation center in lieu of other justice actions such as heavy fines and jail time. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing them has shown to be very effective in Bettles, AK., not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same drug or alcohol related crimes in the future.