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<br /> <br /> I. Introduction <br /> <br /> A.- How-long has the__program__been.in ex saence?_ <br /> <br /> Although some activity is reported as early as 1978,' <br /> <br /> serious operations began in 1980.' The first federal support <br /> <br /> for police overtime enters the county budget in 1983.' <br /> <br /> II. Goals <br /> <br /> A Wha_t.__is-the ,,..,.orlgl.n.al pu_r_pOseof_thepr_ogr.a.m? <br /> <br /> The purpose of a program with a title of Marijuana <br /> <br /> Eradication could reasonably be thought to be "eradication" of <br /> <br /> marijuana. Eradication means to "utterly destroy," "thoroughly <br /> <br /> annihilate" or "completely eliminate." <br /> <br /> B.- Has--the, _program_ achieved its_ori...g_i..na.l_....p_qT.20.s-e-.? <br /> <br /> Marijuana has not been eradicated on the Big Island of <br /> <br /> Hawaii.5 <br /> <br /> C_ Has the pr_ogramdeviated from_ is or.g na1 Purpose? <br /> <br /> The original ideological purpose was eradication, hence the <br /> <br /> name. In 1981 Chief Guy Paul appeared optimistic that the goal <br /> <br /> of absolute eradication could be achieved, although the "problem <br /> <br /> of marijuana cultivation is a ser.ious.one."6 Barely three years <br /> <br /> later, the police department moved away from the goal of a final <br /> <br /> eradication of all marijuana on the Big Island to "control" and <br /> <br /> "doing more."7 By 1991, ten years later, the purpose had <br /> <br /> shifted away from "control" to "maintaining the pressure." By <br /> <br /> 1993, with a temporary steep rise in prices, the purpose of the <br /> <br /> "eradication" program became "raising the price."9 (Notice that <br /> <br /> this goal suggests that the program is not aimed at marijuana as <br /> <br /> <br /> 2 <br />