Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for clients in Wheeler, Illinois who have been sent to drug rehabilitation as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Wheeler are sometimes sent to participate at a drug treatment center in lieu of other justice actions such as jail time and heavy fines. This is typically the case with first time offenders. This approach of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing them has proven very beneficial in Wheeler, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same alcohol or drug related crimes in the future.