re: Why don't we talk about prohibition of alcohol after DUI fatalities?

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Why?? That makes no more sense than wanting to ban guns.

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Because the biggest reason for binge drinking by minors is that they drink as much as they can when they can because it's A. illegal and therefor cool; and B. it's hard to get.

If your SO only had sex with you for one weekend per year, you would probably f&%k to exhaustion that weekend. Maybe your heart wouldn't be able to take that kind of strain.

It's largely the same concept with alcohol.

When a resource is heavily restricted, the people who will be using it are typically the least responsible people because they had to break the rules just to access it.