Abstract: Anti-drug social work is a key component of anti-drug public services and an important practical field of social work. Social workers often encounter value conflicts and ethical dilemmas when providing services for community drug rehabilitation people. In fact, at the philosophical level, it is an epistemological conflict between ethical absolutism and ethical relativism. The ethical challenges in current anti-drug social work come from five aspects: multiple roles, self-determination of the client, professional relationships, privacy and confidentiality, and occupational risks. The strategies to address ethical dilemmas include clarifying ethical issues and distinguishing between “true” and “false” dilemmas, highlight professional roles and avoiding identity confusion, following legal requirements and balancing relative self-determination, establishing clear boundaries and striving for minimal harm, enhancing ethical sensitivity and attaching importance to risk prevention. Anti-drug social workers should strengthen professional ethics, engage in reflective practices, and better integrate core values of social work with anti-drug practices to address ethical challenges in anti-drug social work.

Key words: anti-drug social work, ethical dilemma, ethical absolutism, ethical relativism