Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for clients in Lonsdale who have been required to attend drug rehab as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related crime. Court appointed clients in Lonsdale are occasionally sent to participate at a drug treatment facility in lieu of other sentencing options such as jail time and heavy fines. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing them has proven very effective in Lonsdale, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.