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Walgreens’ VillageMD to shutter more clinics in cost-cutting plan
12/20/23 at 03:04 AMWalgreens’ VillageMD to shutter more clinics in cost-cutting planModern HealthcareDecember 15, 2023Walgreens-backed VillageMD is exiting Indiana. The primary care provider plans to shutter all 12 of its Village Medical practices across the state, effective Jan. 19, a VillageMD spokesperson confirmed Friday. Some of the locations are co-located with Walgreens stores, but the stores are not closing, the spokesperson said. The closures stem from Walgreens’ larger cost-cutting plan announced in October that involves closing 60 VillageMD-operated clinics in five markets. Earlier this month, VillageMD said 10 clinics in the Jacksonville, Florida, area will close in January. Walgreens is seeking $1 billion in savings, most of which will come from pharmacy operations and scaling back capital projects by about $600 million.
Medical marijuana takes off in Mississippi, but stalls out in Alabama
12/07/23 at 03:12 AMMedical marijuana takes off in Mississippi, but stalls out in AlabamaBirmingham (AL) NewsDecember 5, 2023Alabama passed a law legalizing medical marijuana in May 2021. Mississippi followed seven months later in January 2022. While Alabama’s medical marijuana licensing process has faced several deadlocks in the face of lawsuits, mismanagement and political opposition, Mississippi’s has marched steadily forward. Its first dispensaries opened in early 2023, and the number has already grown to about 100 by year’s end, said Henry Crisler, assistant director of the Mississippi Medical Marijuana Association. ... Dispensary owners said the industry has encountered some obstacles in Mississippi but have also shown that medical marijuana has a place in the Deep South.