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.
Family law attorneys and judges often refer to the age when child support ends as the age of  emancipation . By Statute, the age of emancipation in Missouri is when the child reaches 18 years. However, that age can be extended beyond a child's 18th birthday in many circumstances.