Drug Treatment for court appointed clients are for people in Raceland, Louisiana 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 Raceland are often sentenced to participate at a drug treatment program in lieu of other justice actions such as heavy fines and jail time. This is most often the case with first time offenders. This method of rehabilitating the criminal rather than punishing and jailing them has proven very helpful in Raceland, not only in getting the person abstinent or sober, but also in preventing the same substance abuse related crimes in the future.