In 1968, Tom Gorman graduated from San Jose State University and joined the California Bureau of Narcotic Enforcement. He served 10 years as an undercover agent. He made 1,000 undercover purchases and received two Purple Hearts from being shot and later stabbed. He was promoted in 1990 to Deputy Chief in charge of statewide drug enforcement operations. In 1997, he retired to become the director of the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA). Gorman is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and is past President of the California Narcotic Officers Association and the National Alliance of State Drug Enforcement Agencies. He is President of the National HIDTA Directors Association. He authored "The Myths of Drug Legalization and Marijuana Legalization: The Issues." He authored a recently published book titled "To Believe or not Believe, That is the Question - An Undercover Agent’s Quest for the Truth."