Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for clients in Lakeshore who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been given because of a drug or alcohol related crime. Court appointed clients in Lakeshore are occasionally sentenced to attend a drug treatment program 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 and jailing them has proven very beneficial in Lakeshore, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same alcohol or drug related crimes in the future.