Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for people in Fort Edward 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 Fort Edward are sometimes sentenced to enroll into a drug treatment 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 Fort Edward, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.