1. Immoral and should be illegal.
2. Immoral but shouldn't be illegal.
3. Moral but should be illegal.
4. Moral and shouldn't be illegal.
Stories like this seem to me to be category 4 but I can understand how some people may see it as a 1.
I think most political arguments come down to what should or shouldn't be illegal but get confused with what is moral or not.
One of the interesting things about laws is that in many cases people follow them without regard for the consequences of not following them. A society where people will obey laws because they are valid, just, and reasonable is much better than one where they obey laws because the alternative is a flogging or hanging.
In both cases, there's an argument that the underlying activity (theft, torture) should remain illegal. It would be difficult or impossible to codify all the permissible extenuating circumstances, and leaving the question open-ended and letting it be decided in court would be a disaster, much worse than existing carve-outs like self defense as an excuse for homicide (which is itself kind of a mess, legally).
Certain dour strains of penal theory would argue that the 'virtuous criminal' still requires equal punishment (Chinese legalism, for example), but I think the more popular stance in the modern day is that judges and state executives (governors, presidents) should have the option of leniency. This takes the fate of Jean Valjean outside the sphere of law and exposes it to popular opinion -- an unreasonable act of clemency would be faced with blowback (just ask Mike Huckabee).
I find 24 to be much more interesting when I view Bauer as a second villain, rather than the unquestionable hero as it seems he's portrayed.
Brilliant idea for a community remake or mod!
He was very close to current low socioeconomic status (ghetto) boy stereotype - those do not get breaks nor lower sentences.
On the one hand, these pharmacies provide medications at a lower cost than in the US and some countries and would be beneficial to many. So far it looks like its moral and shouldn't be illegal.
Then we begin to think about the people who go online and buy medications they aren't prescribed, playing doctor on themselves. We can say that's their own problem but I'd side with the idea that it does more harm than good.
Then there's the fact that these pharmacies often prey on drug addicts who require treatment, not more drugs.
There's way more to it than that but regardless, it's pretty easy to see why people would be believe they fit into category 1.