During World War II, MIS graduates took on active service in every combat theater and engaged in every major battle launched against Japanese military forces. According to Major General Charles Willoughby, G2 Intelligence Chief for General Douglas MacArthur, these Nisei shortened the Pacific war by two years.
Alcohol is probably mankind's oldest drug. Surely, it is the oldest legal drug of abuse. Al-kohl is Arabic for finely ground antimony used as eye liner, and it came to mean any exotic essence. Over the years, physicians have prescribed it as a tranquilizer, sedative or hypnotic. This is because this drug is a central nervous system (CNS) depressant.
After Prohibition. After Prohibition was repealed, it was left up to the states to decide how to govern alcohol consumption. Most states made 21 the legal drinking age, although a handful required drinkers to be only 18.No national drinking age existed until 1984, when the National Minimum Drinking Age Act was passed.fter Prohibition. After Prohibition was repealed, it was left up to the states to decide how to govern alcohol consumption. Most states made 21 the legal drinking age, although a handful required drinkers to be only 18.