Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for clients in Lake Placid, FL. who have been sent to drug treatment as part of a sentence which has been given because of an alcohol or drug related criminal activity. Court appointed clients in Lake Placid are often sentenced to attend a drug rehab 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 instead of punishing them has proven very beneficial in Lake Placid, Florida, 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.