Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for individuals in Columbia, MS. who have been sent to drug rehabilitation as part of a sentence which has been issued because of a drug or alcohol related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Columbia, Mississippi are sometimes sent to attend a drug rehabilitation center 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 them has proven very helpful in Columbia, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in keeping them out of the criminal justice system for the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.