%0 Journal Article %T Importance of Moral Reasoning in Drug Abuse %A Sunay F£¿rat %J - %D 2018 %X Risky behavior such as substance use and how it affects from one¡¯s moral development and ethical values have always been a critical discussion point in literature. Psychoactive or narcotic drug usage mostly has been considered as a public health problem or a security problem for individuals. This paper aims to examine the importance of moral reasoning in drug abuse. The goal is to contribute the psychoactive and narcotic drug abusers¡¯ rehabilitation (individual rehabilitation and treatments) and social integration process by creating a new perspective including how adolescents¡¯ and young adults¡¯ drug abuse affects from their moral developments and how moral theories explain aforesaid problem by examination of literature. According to literature it has been thought which there a high connection between individuals¡¯ moral is reasoning development and risky behaviors such as substance abuse, antisocial behaviors etc. While risky behaviors affect individual directly they have been accepted as a personal preference, choices which affects environment or community have been accepted as moral behaviors. To sum up it should not be forgotten that in order to execute a successful treatment and rehabilitation process the resource which in need lays inside the individual %K Madde kullan£¿m£¿ %K madde ba£¿£¿ml£¿l£¿£¿£¿ %K ahlaki geli£¿im d¨¹zeyi %K ahlaki yarg£¿ %U http://dergipark.org.tr/bagimli/issue/38282/448408