Teri P. Moore is a policy analyst and editor at Reason Foundation.
Moore served two years in the Peace Corps in Africa before settling on a career in law enforcement as a military police officer in the U.S. Army and then as a patrol officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. As a police officer, she worked narcotics and was a certified Drug Recognition Expert Instructor.
Moore is author of The Secular Homeschooler, a book about teaching kids independence, critical thinking and character.
She has a B.A. in English from The Evergreen State College.
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How Illicit Drug Policies Undermine Good Police Work, or ‘The Toothpaste Effect’
For narcotics units, success is not measured in crime but in kilos.
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How Do Police Officers Determine Marijuana Impairment in Drivers?
Now that several states have legalized medical and recreational marijuana, police have to come up with a strategy for determining when drivers under the influence of marijuana are impaired.