_________________________________________________________________ VOLUME 1, ISSUE 6 PSYCHNEWS INTERNATIONAL October 1996 -- AN ONLINE PUBLICATION -- _________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 0: INDEX AND PSYCHNEWS INFORMATION (File #1) Section A: EDITORIAL: WHY WE NEED QUALITY ELECTRONIC JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS IN CYBERSPACE, AND ITS REALIZATION: THE JOURNAL OF BEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND THERAPY (File #2) Section B: THE FIFTH COLUMN: THE RESULTS FOR DRUG REFORM GOALS OF SHIFTING FROM INTERDICTION/PUNISHMENT TO TREATMENT (Files #3-4) Section C: RESOURCE UPDATE (Files #5-6) Section D: EMPLOYMENT (Files #7-8) Section E: REVIEWS (File #9) ________________________________________________________________ PSYCHNEWS INTERNATIONAL ________________________________________________________________ Editor-in-Chief: Sunkyo Kwon Managing Editors: Leon Pereira, Joe Plaud Documents Manager: Ric Ferraro ------------------ Section Editors ----------------------------- Resources: Leon Pereira Employment: Donna Tabish News: Jeffry Luria ---------------------------------------------------------------- Consulting Editor: Ian Pitchford Associate Editor: John Grohol ---------------------------------------------------------------- PSYCHNEWS INFORMATION PsychNews International is an electronic publication, freely distributed on a regular basis. 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