When Walgreens decided to close four of its drug stores located in predominantly Black and Brown neighborhoods in 2022, politicians like Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass) Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass) took notice and called for the company to replace the stores, citing the creation of food apartheid areas and pharmacy deserts
In May, Pharmacy Times reported that 2024 might be the year of the pharmacy closure, as Rite Aid, CVS, and Walgreens were expected to close over 1,500 pharmacy locations over the next two years.
In addition, they reported that local pharmacies are also closing, and as those two things combine, patients will end up in a pharmacy desert.
As Boston University’s paper, The Brink, reported, a pharmacy closure is not like closing a hardware store or a department store; it can worsen existing inequitable health outcomes even worse. When Walgreens decided to close four of its drug stores located in predominantly Black and Brown neighborhoods in 2022, politicians like Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), and Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass) took notice and called for the company to replace the stores, citing the creation of food apartheid areas and pharmacy deserts.
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