Rehab for court appointed clients are for individuals in Buras, Louisiana who have been sent to drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related crime. Court appointed clients in Buras are often sentenced to attend a drug treatment program in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is most often the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing and jailing them has shown to be very effective in Buras, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same drug or alcohol related crimes in the future.