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Originally Posted by stiffy
My theory: It's because the vast majority of the voting population isn't affected by the problem, nor are they subjected to their own children binge drinking behind their backs because they don't know it's going on.
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I think that it has more to do with the fact that such a proposal would most likely be political suicide in the same way that attempts to have a reasonable opinion on drug prohibition would be political suicide. Imagine a politician pushing for this facing his next election - I can already hear the sound bytes:
"My opponent wants your children to drive drunk" or "my opponent supports children binge drinking."
A lot of such policy making outlives its usefulness (if it ever even had any) but will not be changed because any attempts at discussing it sensibly would be met with loud, vocal lobbies armed with fear and schmaltz. The "there-oughta-be-a-law" crowd would trot out people that had been maimed in alcohol related car accidents and whatnot, and appeal to everything but rational discourse.