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{{Infobox_Company |
  company_name   = USA Drug |
  company_logo   = [[Image:USAdruglogo.jpg|200px|USA Drug logo]] |
  company_type   = [[Private company|Private]] |
  parent         = Stephen L. LaFrance Pharmacy, Inc.|
  foundation     = [[1984]]|
  location       = [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas]]|
  key_people     = Stephen "Steve" L. LaFrance,<br>Founder/Chairman<br> Joe Courtright,<br>CEO/President|
  products       = [[Retail]]-[[Pharmacy]]|
  homepage       = [http://www.usadrug.com/ www.usadrug.com]
}}
[[Image:USAstore.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Exterior view of a typical USA Drug store located in [[Hot Springs, Arkansas]].]]

'''USA Drug''' is a [[convenience store]] and [[pharmacy]] [[chain store|chain]] in the [[United States]] that operates more than 160 stores in [[Arkansas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Mississippi]], [[Missouri]], and [[Tennessee]]. It was founded in [[Pine Bluff, Arkansas]] in [[1986]]. Its headquarters are still located in Pine Bluff with additional offices in [[Little Rock, Arkansas]], [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], and [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. It's Parent Company, Stephen L. LaFrance Pharmacy Inc., operates Super D Drug Stores, Ikes Deep  Discount Drug, both acquired in October of 1997<ref name="SD">
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</ref>, and May's Drug, Med-X Drug, Drug Warehouse, and Drug Mart, all accquired in July 2004<ref name="May's">
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|url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3374/is_8_26/ai_n6082121
|title=May's Drug Acquired
|publisher=findarticles.com
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</ref>, as "Part of the USA Drug Family". [[Wal-Mart]] and [[Walgreens]] are two of its primary [[competitor]]s. The Company's Slogan is "America's Low Price Drug Store". 

Steve LaFrance stepped down as CEO on October 20, 2006 and named Joe Courtright CEO of the company. Courtright was named president of the company in September and was vice president of pharmacy for Region 2 previous to that. LaFrance will maintain a presence with the company as chairman.



==External links==
* [http://www.usadrug.com www.usadrug.com] - official site
* [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/115/115030.html Company information] from [[Yahoo! Finance]]
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[[Category:Companies based in Arkansas]]
[[Category:Pharmacies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1984]]


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