Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for individuals in Lakota, North Dakota who have been sent to drug rehabilitation as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Lakota, ND. are occasionally sent to attend a drug rehabilitation center in lieu of other justice actions such as jail time and heavy fines. 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 Lakota, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.