Methland

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=images+of+methland+byNick+Reding&qpvt=images+of+methland+byNick+Reding&FORM=IGRE Methland The death and life of an American small town By: Nick Reding The story of Methland takes place in Oelwien, Iowa; although this is not where Reding first found meth. He first found meth in Goodwin, Idaho. Reding explains how meth is ruining small towns like Oelwein, "by mid-2005, meth was widely considered, as Newsweek Magazine put it in Agust 8 cover story, "Americas Most Dangerous Drug" (Reding 10). Reding tells a story of a man who blew up his mothers house while cooking meth, Roland Jarvis. Roland Jarvis started off a hard working man, trying to make enough money to marry the girl he loved. In oreder to work more hours and make more money he needed something to keep him going, and this where he turned to meth.Jarvis ended up being so addicted to meth that he was willing to let other men have sex with him, even though he is hederalsexual. This is like what Sean, the skin head Reding talked about earlier said, "The money was good, the drugs were good, and it garnered him access to all kinds of woman who, once they smoke a foil or two, would be willing to do anything for more" (17). This drug keeps you addicted, feeling good, and always wanting more; this is because "the reuptake of neurotransmitter back into the sponge takes longer"(Reding 48). But, long time users lose the ability to feel good after a while because the neurotransmitters are eventually depleted. Meth also causes halucinations, sexual aggression, and causes people to do things they normally wouldn't do. When Ronald Jarvis blew up his mother's house while getting rid of the stuff to make meth, he stayed in the house trying to put out the fire. He was trying to save the lab, or the house at the same time, "what stopped him, in any event, is that he began to melt" (Reding 42). Jarvis ended up burning his skin so bad that his nose and fingers burned off. Jarvis ran out "begging in vain for someone to shoot him" (Reding 43). Nobody knew how to help Jarvis not even the professionals, and Jarvis was in so much pain. He could not even scream because his esophogus and throat were to burned. THe sad thing is, is that Jarvis is still alive and still smokes meth after this terribel incident.Many small towns are being sucked in by meth.To many people dealing meth will make them more money than working a regular job. Methland relates to Winters Bone by how meth effects families or the drug users themselves. In Winters Bone Ree is forced to grow up way before her time, in order to take care of her mother and two brothers. She is forced to face serious drug dealers because of her fathers dissappearance and him leaving her house for bond. WHen someone is on this drug they will do anything to help themselves and in the process hurt others. I think this is a terrible drug taking away good peoples lives. There are so many people who think they can do a drug like this once and it won't effect them, but end up trapped in the drug circle.