Labour is proposing legal limits on the amount of caffeine in drinks like the controversial tonic wine Buckfast.
Statistics from Strathclyde Police show the drink was mentioned in 5000 crime reports over three years, and that Buckfast bottles were used as weapons 114 times during the same period.
Labour's new Alcohol Commission is to consider rules in other European countries by imposing a legal limit of 150 milligrammes of caffeine per litre of alcohol.
Buckfast contains 281mg of caffeine in a bottle - as much as eight cans of cola. The alcoholic drink Red Square Reloaded contains 168mg, according to Labour's findings.
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon has accused Labour of "obsessing" over Buckfast.
The commission was set up to consider new approaches to alcohol, and how to curb the link between the consumption of drinks such as Buckfast and violence.
Labour health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said: "I believe the risks involved in consuming caffeinated alcohol are so great that the Scottish Government must take action.
"The research suggests you are more likely to end up in hospital or be assaulted if you drink these products."
Ms Baillie said the group would adopt an "inclusive" approach and would welcome evidence from organisations such as J Chandler & Co, Buckfast's distributors.
But she ruled out the Commission reviewing the Scottish Government's proposals for a minimum price per unit of alcohol.
She said the commission would consider alternative pricing mechanisms such as a social responsibility levy, local sales tax and duty, and will also consider listing the amount of caffeine on alcoholic drinks labels.
Iceland, Norway and Denmark all restrict to 150mg the amount of caffeine per litre of alcohol.
Ms Baillie added: "I think that we should learn from approaches elsewhere because Scotland isn't the only country with the problem."
The commission will sit for six months and is expected to release its findings in the summer to coincide with the passage of the Government's Alcohol Bill through Parliament.
Buckfast is made by Benedictine Catholic monks at Buckfast Abbey in Devon. The drink distributor’s spokesman Jim Wilson accused Labour of "scaremongering".
He said: "There's no evidence to support what they're saying. There's never been any reported health incidents linked to the caffeine in Buckfast."
He is prepared to provide evidence to the commission.
Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said: "This is a smokescreen to hide a blatant disregard for parliament, which is the proper place to debate the issues around the Alcohol Bill - not a hand-picked talking shop designed to delay and distract.
"Obsessing about Buckfast, which accounts for 0.5% of alcohol sold in Scotland, ignores the elephant in the room, which is the excessive consumption of cheap alcohol that's fuelling health and social problems and costing Scotland billions every year."
Scottish Conservative deputy leader Murdo Fraser said: "We believe that the best way to use pricing to discourage excess drinking is to target problem drinks, using excise duty, and applying it on a UK wide basis."
