For several decades drugs have been one of the major global problems. Tribulations caused by Drugs are so wide that it was proscribe ethically, religiously, socially and legally. This was a rational and beneficial consideration, as substances such as these can be addictive, mind-altering, and in some cases lethal. At present, in most of the countries, many different drugs such as cocaine, heroin, crack, ice and marijuana are illegal. But with the passage of time ethics and laws are being measured and argued over. One of such issues is the legalization of drugs.
It is clear that most of the serious problems the public associates with illegal drug use are, in reality, caused directly or indirectly by drug prohibition. One controversial solution is the proposal of legalizing drugs (Ostrowski, 1999). Although people feel that legalizing drugs would lessen crime, but there would be an increase of drug abuse and a rapid increase of diseases such as AIDS. So what should be done to reduce the crime rate it should be legalized or it should remain illegal to avoid the increase in drug abuse n AIDS. The question of whether to legalize drugs or not is a very controversial and important issue.
Ethical Issue about Legalization
‘Legalization of drugs’, dealing with an issue like this, one has to draw upon his values to come up with a decision. Considering this issues one can’t avoid the significance of ethics and social values (Ostrowski, 1999). When looked at this issue one has to take into account his values and apply them to this situation and then come up with his own position, individually. Because each of an individual has different values so it may not come up with the same position. Secondly values are situation specific and each situation is different from the.....
