Approximately 80% of delinquents abuse drugs or alcohol (Belenko & Peugh, 1998). Nearly 50% of prisoners and inmates are clinically addicted to substance abuse (Karberg & James, 2005). Drug courts do their part to keep nonviolent drug offenders in treatment for long periods of time and are strictly supervised. Rehab patients undergoing regular, random testing for drug use are required to appear in court and discuss their progress with a judge. If patients report and do well, they receive some types of rewards. However, if rehab patients meet their requirements, they can also be penalized for failing to fulfill their obligations. Drug courts have been put under the microscope and proven to work better than simply sending a drug addict to jail or prison. Drug courts reduce reported drug use and do so in a more cost-effective manner than any other court strategy. Drug courts provide the right balance between the need for treatment and the need for accountability. Drug courts have also been shown to be six times more likely to keep drug addicts in treatment long enough for them to actually improve and fully recover (Marlowe, 2003). Another benefit of drug courts is that they save taxpayers money by reducing prison and trial costs. The downside of drug courts is that they fail to reach a large enough population of drug users