> You can go to a liquor store but can not get heart surgery. You can still get your heart surgery if it cannot wait. I know this because my dad had to get a c

> You can go to a liquor store but can not get heart surgery. You can still get your heart surgery if it cannot wait. I know this because my dad had to get a cardiac stent fairly recently. But if you're getting a pacemaker (or another elective surgery), that can wait, there's no reason to risk it. And with regards to the liquor stores: there are a lot of alcoholics in the US, and I live in a state where the state sells everything strong. If they closed the ABC stores, you'd see the ERs fill up with alcoholics going through withdrawal.