At the age of 18, an American is an adult.
At the age of 18, an American man or woman can take a full-time job,
they can rent an apartment,
they can join a union, they can do all the stuff on the Internet that you're supposed to be 18 to do.
they can take that union card and get a job brewing beer, making wine, or distilling liquor, they can purchase and carry an 18" Bowie knife,
they can get married, or have consensual sex,
they can get a mortgage (okay, they can apply for a mortgage),
they can have children,
they can own and drive a car,
they can adopt children, they can buy a pornographic movie,
they can have an abortion,
they can act in a pornographic movie,
they can buy contraceptives (or get them free in school) they can buy cigarettes,
they can buy a semi-automatic shotgun or scope-sighted rifle, they can take codeine and morphine with a prescription,
they can sell booze in a bar, they can sign a contract,
they can own a bar in some states......
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