Conflating Drinking and Drunk Driving

Why is that every discussion of alcohol use somehow leads to discussions of drunk driving?

Virginia law allows underage drinking.

"You can be 10 years old and drink in Virginia," said Beth Straeten, a spokeswoman for the state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.

OK, you can give your kid wine for Christmas dinner, or their birthday, in your own home. Big whoop. The law still says I can't buy them a drink at Applebees, or whatever. In the same article -

Last week, however, more than 600 parents and students gathered at Deep Run High School near Short Pump to examine positive ways to erase underage drinking. Sarah Ann Haislip, the 16-year-old charged in the fatal New Year's Day crash, is a Deep Run student.

Now why are these paragraphs in the same article? Why not just remove the word "underage" from the whole article and admit you're trying to ban alcohol? You are not my mommy, nor are you the mommy to my kid. So, please just bleep off.