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Customers have started to realize that sodas cost less at a grocery store than a drugstore, he said.

Kaplan explained that the study “only looked at sugar-sweetened beverages that are sold in retail or convenience stores. Mass merchandise stores, supermarkets, convenience stores and drugstores made up our sample.”

The state also has among the lowest number of independently owned drugstores — more than 70% of retail pharmacies in Oregon are owned by big box chains.

Sales of that drug already represent a $600 million market in Brazil, according to investment firm Ace Capital, and as many as 7 million people could become users once lower-cost options hit drugstores.

Around 41 million Americans now live in “drugstore deserts” without easy access to pharmacies, according to a KFF study.