The issue:a controversy,a problem,or an idea about which people disagree and hold different points of view. e.g.whether community service should be mandatory for high school graduation; whether wearing school uniform should be mandatory for high school students; whether drugs such as marijuana should not be legalized;v The issue: a controversy, a problem, or an idea about which people disagree and hold different points of view. e.g. whether community service should be mandatory for high school graduation; whether wearing school uniform should be mandatory for high school students; whether drugs such as marijuana should not be legalized;