Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for clients in Merrifield who have been sent to drug rehab as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related crime. Court appointed clients in Merrifield, VA. are often sent to enroll into a drug treatment center in lieu of other justice actions such as heavy fines and jail time. This is sometimes the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing and jailing them has proven very successful in Merrifield, VA., not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.