Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for clients in Cerro, NM. who have been required to attend drug rehabilitation as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Cerro, NM. are sometimes sentenced to attend a drug rehabilitation facility in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing them has shown to be very effective in Cerro, NM., not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.