In riot-hit Twin Cities neighborhoods, a hole where pharmacies used to be
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Pharmacies, and the controlled substances they hold, were a particular target for looting in last week’s chaos, even away from Lake Street in Minneapolis and University Avenue in St. Paul, the hardest-hit areas. Parts of the metro now have no open pharmacy for miles. In other cities across the country, pharmacies have been similarly targeted and damaged.
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At least 15 pharmacies were vandalized, looted or set on fire, said Cody Wiberg, executive director of the Minnesota Board of Pharmacy. More than 100 others closed over the weekend as a safety precaution, but most of those that weren’t damaged have begun to reopen. “The pharmacies are working as quickly as they can to restore services,” Wiberg said.
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Before sunrise last Wednesday, someone smashed through the entryway at Walgreens at the corner of 46th Street and Hiawatha Avenue in south Minneapolis. That afternoon, a tall man left the shattered entrance with a plastic bag full of candy. Asked if he was looting a store in broad daylight, the man hurried away. The store remained unattended until neighbors parked out front on Thursday night to discourage looting. Its main door is now boarded up, but its damaged interior, strewn with merchandise, can be seen through windows.
A Walgreens spokeswoman did not provide the number of locations damaged or temporarily closed, but she said customers should consult the store locator on the Walgreens website or app to get the most updated information. On Tuesday afternoon, that store locator listed about 20 Walgreens around the Twin Cities, most of them in Minneapolis or St. Paul, as being temporarily closed. CVS has 10 locations still closed around the Twin Cities after 16 were vandalized or looted in some way, according to Amy Thibault, a company spokeswoman. Nationwide, more than 300 CVS locations across 25 states endured some damage as protests swept the country.
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On Sunday, the Board of Pharmacy notified pharmacies that given the circumstances, it is permitting them to fill up to a 30-day emergency supply of medications for new patients if they can’t reach the pharmacy or prescriber as long as they can provide something like a labeled prescription bottle or vial.
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