Walgreens will close 450 underperforming locations in 2025. The chain is one of several shuttering stores. Here's what to know for Arizona shoppers.

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Walgreens closed 70 in its fiscal first quarter and plans to shutter around 500 this year. The company runs about 8,500 locations in the U.S. and Puerto Rico as well as a few thousand stores in Europe and Asia.

Walgreens shares sank Tuesday, the first day of trading since the Department of Justice announced a lawsuit accusing the pharmacy chain of dispensing "millions of unlawful prescriptions" with no legitimate medical purpose.

In it, the government accuses Walgreens of filling millions of unlawful prescriptions, including for excessive quantities of opioids, early refills of opioids and the so-called “holy trinity” of commonly abused drugs: an opioid, a benzodiazepine and a muscle relaxant.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit late last week against Walgreens alleging the company and its subsidiaries unlawfully dispensed and sought reimbursement for “millions” of prescripti | The pharmacy chain dispensed “dangerous and excessive quantities,