Attitudes of psychology graduate students toward drug abuse.

The attitudes of VA psychology trainees were assessed on topics such as working with drug offenders, hospital versus prison as a treatment environment, financial benefits for drug abusers, use of methadone in treatment, and the general relevance of graduate education today. The relationship between age and use of illegal drugs has been noted repeatedly. Drug abusers' mistrust of institutions and the tenuous relationship between drug abusers and society have also been explored (Cohen & Klein, 1972; Judd & Mandell, 1972; Smart & Fejer, 1972). This report focuses on the attitudes of 174 Veterans Administration psychology trainees toward drug abuse. Their reactions represent those of a professional group relatively close to the ages This article was prepared with the support