Drugstore Closings Taking a Toll in San Francisco

More than 65,000 San Franciscans are about to lose their neighborhoods’ only pharmacy. 

When Walgreens closes a dozen stores in February, the Bayview Hunters Point and Ingleside communities will each be stripped of their last remaining pharmacy.

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“It’s so unfair, it’s disgusting,” said Annette Scott, who lives in the Bayview. Chronic pulmonary disease and asthma limit the 63-year-old’s mobility, making it important for her to have a pharmacy near her home. When Walgreens closes, Scott will be forced to travel for her daily medication.

The Walgreens closures are only the latest: By March, San Francisco will have lost nearly 40% of its licensed pharmacies over a decade, going from 167 in 2015 to 104.

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