
When Legal Drugs Harm and Illegal Drugs Help
The frequently arbitrary nature of our drug classification schemes is causing more and more confusion
Loren DeVito, PhD, is a trained neuroscientist and science writer. In addition to publishing several academic articles on cognition and memory, Loren has also written for The Michael J. Fox Foundation, Medical News Today, and others. She currently owns and operates Sticky Ink, Inc., which provides science and medical writing and strategic services for the pharmaceutical, non-profit, and health care industries.
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