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by bookofjoe 2782 days ago
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.
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Liquor Liquor? That sounds like a very healthy and reasonable store to have across from a hospital. Nothing unethical or distasteful there!
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.
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,...