Abstract Objective: To estimate the number of regular and dependent methamphetamine users in Australia.

This article argues that the ABC’s Catalyst program criticising statins affected people’s willingness to take these drugs. Abstract Objectives: To examine the impact of a two-part special edition of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's science journalism program Catalyst (titled Heart of the m atter), aired in October 2013, that was critical of HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors (“statins”)...