Rehab for court appointed clients are for clients in Northwest, NC. who have been required to attend drug rehabilitation as part of a sentence which has been issued because of a drug or alcohol related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Northwest, NC. are often sentenced to participate at a drug treatment facility in lieu of other justice actions such as jail time and heavy fines. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal instead of punishing them has proven very effective in Northwest, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.