Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for individuals in Sheffield Lake who have been required to attend drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been issued because of a drug or alcohol related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Sheffield Lake, OH. are often sent to participate at a drug rehabilitation program in lieu of other sentencing options 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 proven very successful in Sheffield Lake, OH., not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in keeping them out of the criminal justice system for the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.