| Drugs, alcohol and drug abusing tendencies are very | | | | methods dealing with various offences committed |
| easily linked to crime in ways more than one. The | | | | under the influence of drug or alcohol. The rehabs |
| very fact of possessing drugs and prior to that | | | | carry out a separate set of therapies aimed at these |
| purchase and keeping of drugs with one's self is a | | | | convicts. These convicts or drug addicts who require |
| crime in itself. None of the countries in the world | | | | rehab treatment are however divided into two broad |
| have given drugs a certificate to be used legally and | | | | categories: |
| freely. Dealing in drugs always has to be discreet and | | | | |
| full of secrecy rest the law keepers come to know | | | | - Those who are seasoned drug addicts and criminals. |
| of it. The behavioral changes brought about after | | | | - Those who have committed some crime under the |
| drug addiction play havoc with the justice system of | | | | influence of short term usage of drug or alcohol. |
| any state. It is very easy for drug addicts to engage | | | | |
| in violence to procure drugs, stealing in order to buy | | | | In the criminal judicial system of the United States, |
| drugs as well engaging in street fights. It is one of | | | | there are treatments that are residential in nature |
| the mammoth tasks of the drug and alcohol rehab | | | | and promise to provide chemical dependency (CD) |
| centers to show the right path to these strayed | | | | therapies to such convicts who are not criminals but |
| drug addicts. | | | | individuals who have the possibility of being |
| | | | | rehabilitated back into the society. There is also a |
| Drug and alcohol rehab help the criminal justice | | | | prison based system of treatment wherein the |
| system: | | | | convict stays in a prison but attends counseling and |
| | | | | detoxification programs carried out by rehabs |
| Drug and alcohol rehab centers also form a very | | | | working in correspondence with the courts and the |
| important part of the criminal justice system. A | | | | judicial system as a whole. |
| criminal offence does not necessarily mean murder of | | | | |
| someone. Drinking while driving and hence committing | | | | In the absence of rehabs the society will be faced |
| an accident or engaging in fights after being addicted | | | | with a huge number of addicted individuals who will |
| also fall under the category of criminal offences. In | | | | never be able to return to the normal stream of life. |
| many such cases people who are convicted of small | | | | It is the influence of drugs and alcohol that make the |
| drug related offenses are sentenced to drug and | | | | individuals loose their power of reasoning and logic |
| alcohol rehab centers instead of prison. Similar is the | | | | and commit activities that are illegal in the eyes of |
| case with those punished for driving in an intoxicated | | | | law. A proper guidance and system of counseling will |
| state. The American Constitution has been under a | | | | steer them clear of this difficult phase of life and help |
| lot of discussion for the provision of various kinds of | | | | them in getting back to normalcy. |