Operation Intercept

Preface Notes Acknowledgments1. Operation Intercept: The Policy and the Research Problem Factors and Assumptions Underlying the New Public Policy Operation Intercept: Immediate, Intermediate, and Ultimate Goals Purpose of the Study, Applied Theoretical Perspectives, and Hypotheses Formulation of the Research Problem and Methodology Notes 2. The Multiple Consequences of Operation Intercept The Availability of Marijuana During the Operation Intercept Era Summary Behavioral Reactions to the General Marijuana Shortage Abstaining and Decreased Drug Use Switching: The Availability and Use of Drugs Other than Marijuana Summary Attitudinal Responses to the Government Policy Summary Trusting Attitudes Distrustful Attitudes Notes 3. Analysis of the Findings: Public Policy and the Drug Abuse Problem The Findings Additional Evidence Concerning the Unanticipated Consequences of Operation Intercept The Social Context of Operation Intercept: An Examination of Contingent Conditions Traditional Controls in a Decade of Change The Ineffectiveness of Traditional Controls and the Formation of the Operation Intercept Policy An Analysis of the Differential Effects of Operation Intercept Notes 4. Operation Intercept: Past, Present, and Future Notes Appendix I. Members of the Narcotics, Marijuana and Dangerous Drugs Task Force II. The Interview Guide III. Findings from Gross Point Study: Interview Excerpts Index