Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for clients in Riegelwood, NC. who have been required to attend drug rehab as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Riegelwood, North Carolina are sometimes sent to enroll into a drug treatment program in lieu of other sentencing options such as jail time and heavy fines. This is sometimes the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing and jailing them has shown to be very effective in Riegelwood, not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.