Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for clients in Putnam, IL. who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been issued because of a drug or alcohol related crime. Court appointed clients in Putnam are often sent to attend a drug treatment facility 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 rather than punishing them has shown to be very helpful in Putnam, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same drug or alcohol related crimes in the future.