Rehab for court appointed clients are for individuals in Columbiana who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Columbiana, AL. are sometimes sentenced to attend a drug rehab 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 approach of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing them has shown to be very beneficial in Columbiana, AL., not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.