I am not disputing that lots of troubles start with alcohol, I just have a problem with entrusting to the government to enforce laws that are pre-crimes. In New York it is illegal to serve someone that is visibly intoxicated. This is rarely enforced, but under the DRAM laws the bar knows that there is a huge liability issue if they do and something goes wrong. When police go into a bar undercover looking for drunk people to fine, they will find them, and the city/state will make some revenue, but to what end? When you punish volitional behavior that isn't neccessarily hurting anyone, you untimately undermind the police's ability to investigate other crimes, backlog courts, and turn otherwise law abiding people into criminals. And because it is a sting, there is no probable cause for an investigation of patrons.