ARTICLE I. Name and Purpose

1. The name of this society shall be the Society for Stimulus Properties of Drugs (SSPD).
   
   
2. The purpose of SSPD will be to encourage the dev-elopment of teaching and research, both basic and applied, relevant to understanding the stimulus proper-ties of drugs (SPD). A primary concern of SSPD will be the dissemination of information concerning SPD among members of the society and among scientists in general. To accomplish this goal, the society will schedule meetings and undertake publica-tions for the exchange of scientific information regarding SPD.
   
   
3. Research on all aspects of stimulus properties of drugs shall be included in the society proceedings. Speci-fically included will be research on the actions of drugs as discriminative stimuli, contextual stimuli (state-dependent learning), conditioned stimuli, and unconditioned stimuli. Research on reinforcing proper-ties of drugs generally will be reported at other societies such as ISGIDAR that have been developed for that purpose.
   
   
4. The officers of the society shall represent the area of SPD to the general scientific public by answering queries and pro-viding consultation to funding agencies and other scientific organizations when requested.
   
   
5. The society shall be a nonprofit organization