[smaddox]

In such instances, giving a placebo definitely seems better than an opiod, but in my opinion, it definitely isn't helping the patient and is likely hurting them by distracting them from the underlying emotional cause. At least when given repeatedly...

[bookofjoe]

In the majority of those patients, the underlying cause was alcoholism and its myriad complications resulting from a store called Liquor Liquor being located across the street from the hospital.

[warent]

Liquor Liquor? That sounds like a very healthy and reasonable store to have across from a hospital. Nothing unethical or distasteful there!

[bookofjoe]

The irony was not lost on us. The first thing those patients did after discharge was head to Liquor Liquor. It had a huge flashing colored neon sign — ALL CAPS.

[cr0sh]

We have a bar here in Phoenix, located almost directly across the street from a hospital, called "The Recovery Room":

https://www.google.com/maps/@33.5240529,-112.1032385,3a,15y,...