Someone in the Minneapolis City Council is trying to clamp down on drinking:

City Council members are discussing options to ban happy hour and other drinking specials at bars to help prevent binge drinking. They are also looking at ways to ban drinking games in bars (think beer pong and flip cup).

Is there any evidence at all that a ban on discounted drinks in bars will help binge drinkers control themselves? A prohibition on happy hour is so superficial it is hard to believe anyone considers it a serious control. It is definitely a tricky issue but I suspect making the bars responsible for monitoring and regulating patron behavior might work better. They then assume the risk related to those they choose to serve.