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.
Every state has their own history as far as the legal drinking ages go. North Carolina had no known legal drinking age prior to Prohibition. It was 18 after Prohibition, and it was 18 for beer and wine after the passage of the 26th Amendment, and 21 for liquor. Beer and wine was raised to 19 in 1983, and it was raised to 21 in 1986 after the passage of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act. It has remained 21 ever since. Underage drinking is legal for religious purposes, medical purposes, and educational purposes.