Rehabilitation for court appointed clients are for individuals in Mc Dowell, Virginia who have been sent to drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been given because of a drug or alcohol related crime. Court appointed clients in Mc Dowell are occasionally sent to participate at a drug treatment program in lieu of other sentencing options such as heavy fines and jail time. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing them has proven very helpful in Mc Dowell, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in keeping them out of the criminal justice system for the same alcohol or drug related crimes in the future.