Yeah, basically. I had enough of taking care of them, so I emancipated myself when I was your age. I just figured if I was going to be an adult, I was going to get all the benefits. Had to sleep with my landlord once for rent when my job found out I wasn't 18 and fired me (which pissed me off because I was bartending and making mad tips), but it usually went okay.
And I didn't look slovenly, I looked hot, thank you.
Yeah, they're buzzkills about it. It'll kill you if you take too much of it, but what doesn't? People can get addicted to it, but again, plenty of things people can be addicted to whether stuff's legal or not. That's what I figure anyway.