Age Of Adulthood In The United States

In the United States of America, laws about maturity and adult activities vary from 18 years for the age of consent and the ability to vote and buy cigarettes to the age of 21 for gambling, drinking, and the ability to wed. Though in the United States there is no single age where someone becomes an adult, the topic of the age of adulthood is often argued. From a neurological standpoint the logical age of adulthood is 25 as that is the age the prefrontal regions which are important for planning ahead, anticipating future consequences of decisions, controlling impulses, and comparing risk and reward fully develop.
Influences like alcohol and cigarette use which is legal at the age of 21 in the United States are potentially harmful to a still-developing