Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for individuals in Atkins who have been sent to drug rehab as part of a sentence which has been given because of a drug or alcohol related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Atkins, IA. are often sent to attend a drug rehab program 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 and jailing them has shown to be very beneficial in Atkins, IA., not only in getting the individual abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same alcohol or drug related crimes in the future.