18 years

What can a person do when he or she turns 18 years of age? Once you're 18, you can:

  1. Vote
  2. Buy cough syrups
  3. Buy pesticides
  4. Go to the doctor alone
  5. Rent and buy a house
  6. Start a business
  7. Start full-time work
  8. Have to sign up for SSA (Social Security Administration, can start receiving benefits from Social Security)
  9. Buy lottery ticket
  10. Be called for Jury duty
  11. Sue someone
  12. Buy gun
  13. Get tattoos
  14. Consent for medical procedures
  15. Change gender
  16. Get married
  17. Purchase fireworks, spray paint
  18. Bet on the horse race
  19. Legally change name
  20. Skydive
  21. Join military
  22. Get a credit card
  23. Open an independent bank account
  24. Work in a bar
  25. Buy a car
  26. Book a hotel room
  27. Adopt a Child
  28. Donate blood and Plasma
  29. Create a will
  30. Buy Stocks and other financial investments
  31. Travel independently on a plane
  32. Consume alcohol in most other countries besides the US
  33. Sign yourself out of school
  34. Have legal sex with persons over 18
  35. Get a 10-year passport