Sample Essay
The debate over whether to lower the drinking age, has become a controversial issue, with both sides offering reasons and researches to support their viewpoint. The debate was again sparked of again when Jessica Bush the president’s daughter who is around 19, was caught drinking and using fake identification to buy alcohol. The debate is going on in a number of states, with some states with already formulated legislation for lowering the drinking age which needs to be passed. Examples of where such legislations have been passed are Dakota,VermontandMinnesota. However there are federal laws which will definitely discourage states to lower the drinking age. One such law designed to discourage legalizing underage drinking, is that if any state approves such a legislation, 10% of its appropriations on the highway will be taken away as penalty.
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