Being found drunk in a public place is an offence that can attract arrest and conviction. Alcohol is a primary component in many motor vehicle accidents, acts of wilful damage, and acts of aggression. Self induced intoxication is not a defence to the commission of any crime. Persons who have little experience with alcohol do not have the same tolerance levels as experienced drinkers. Another problem where alcohol is often a catalyst is assaults.
Assaults have the potential to be fatal.
Merely a few centimetres can be the difference between an assault barely worthy of police involvement and a fatal blow. So often we see the person who was initially aggrieved in more trouble with the police than the person who started the incident. As a prank it might seem a good idea, say, to hide a vehicle from its owner. Such a prank however, if done without the owner's consent, is a criminal act of unlawful use of a motor vehicle. Similarly, thoughtless destruction of public or private property, including graffiti writing, is treated by the criminal law as wilful damage.