Private Versus Public Interest

The public world is influenced by many things. Among them, private industry and regulation either try to become completely void or completely involved (or at times partially) with the public realm. This is the focus of many legal problems. The libertarian/communitarian debate appears in two area of the law, corporate contracts and drug screenings, and exemplifies why some areas of law are more difficult to categorize as private or public than others. As corporations …

…prescription drugs, and over the counter medications are currently more dangerous to society than all illegal drugs combined. Yet, law unreasonably overlooks this issue and furthers its own addiction to prohibition (Duke 195). The private/public debate will always continue as long as one party benefits while the other one loses. There is no way to satisfy both parties at all times, and one should realize this before any action that infringes upon another is made.