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.
A law like the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 isnât without itâs own history, and it stems from as far back as prohibition. The 18th amendment in 1920 declaring alcohol illegal was repealed by the 21st amendment in 1933, which was followed quickly by a minimum legal drinking age of 21 in most states.