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