Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for people in Carbonado, Washington who have been sent to drug rehabilitation as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Carbonado, Washington are occasionally sent to enroll into a drug treatment facility in lieu of other sentencing options such as jail time and heavy fines. This is most often the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing them has proven very effective in Carbonado, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in keeping them out of the criminal justice system for the same alcohol or drug related crimes in the future.