Contributor

John Horton

President, LegitScript

John Horton is the President and founder of LegitScript, a service that verifies and monitors the online sale of pharmaceutical products. From 2002 until 2007, Mr. Horton served as a policy advisor in the drug policy office of The White House. In that capacity, he coordinated federal policy on a variety of issues, including prescription drug abuse and Internet pharmacies. From 1997 until 2002, Mr. Horton was a prosecutor in Multnomah County, Oregon. In 1999, he served as legal counsel to the Oregon House and Senate Judiciary Committees.