What can a person do when he or she turns 18 years of age? Once you're 18, you can:
- Vote
- Buy cough syrups
- Buy pesticides
- Go to the doctor alone
- Rent and buy a house
- Start a business
- Start full-time work
- Have to sign up for SSA (Social Security Administration, can start receiving benefits from Social Security)
- Buy lottery ticket
- Be called for Jury duty
- Sue someone
- Buy gun
- Get tattoos
- Consent for medical procedures
- Change gender
- Get married
- Purchase fireworks, spray paint
- Bet on the horse race
- Legally change name
- Skydive
- Join military
- Get a credit card
- Open an independent bank account
- Work in a bar
- Buy a car
- Book a hotel room
- Adopt a Child
- Donate blood and Plasma
- Create a will
- Buy Stocks and other financial investments
- Travel independently on a plane
- Consume alcohol in most other countries besides the US
- Sign yourself out of school
- Have legal sex with persons over 18
- Get a 10-year passport