Some effects of alcohol intoxication (such as euphoria and lowered social inhibitions) are central to alcohol's desirability as a beverage and its history as one of the world's most widespread recreational drugs.
No, the legal age of majority in Missouri for both male and female is 18. Please do not confuse the age of majority with the age cited in the MO. juvenile code. The JC designates a person who is at least 17-years old as being an adult, this refers to judicial proceedings only and does not change the legal age of 18.
For example in Michigan, although the legal age of majority is 18, the court has no jurisdiction to force a teen runaway under the age of 17 to return home, so it is unlikely that the police would even get involved. In other states, like Texas, running away is considered a status offense.