AP Spotlight Nearly 30% of US drugstores closed in one decade, study shows TOM MURPHY Associated Press Dec 4, 2024 Dec 4, 2024 Updated Jun 9, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Nearly three out of 10 U.S. drugstores that were open during the previous decade closed by 2021, new research shows.kAmq=24< 2?5 {2E:?@ ?6:893@C9@@5D H6C6 >@DE GF=?6C23=6 E@ E96 C6E2:= A92C>24J 4=@DFC6D[ H9:49 42? 49:A 2H2J 2E 2=C625J =:>:E65 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^2A?6HD]4@>^2CE:4=6^A92C>24:6D\4:E:6D\3=24<\=2E:?@\2446DD\5CF8DE@C6\_cbd2g``_bfc2ehddh2feagha6e3bfgbQm42C6 @AE:@?D :? E9@D6 4@>>F?:E:6Dk^2m[ C6D62C496CD D2:5 :? 2 DEF5J AF3=:D965 E9:D H66< :? w62=E9 p772:CD]k^AmkAmkDA2?m%96 EC6?5 A@E6?E:2==J 82:?65 >@>6?EF> D:?46 E96 DEF5JVD E:>67C2>6[ 3642FD6 >2?J 5CF8DE@C6D 2C6 DE:== DECF88=:?8] x? 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