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.
In the U.S., The Federal Uniform Drinking Age Act, signed into law in 1984 raised the minimum drinking age to 21 years. All states now prohibit the purchase of alcohol by youth under the age of 21 years since 1988. It is illegal to sell or buy alcohol for anyone under the age of 21.