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.
Alcohol was banned during the Prohibition Era. During the Prohibition Era, alcohol was banned. The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited alcohol. However, bootleggers continued to produce and sell alcohol in illegal bars called speakeasies. This meant that there was a large increase in the amount of crimes at this time. In an attempt to reduce the amount of crimes, the 21st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment.