Steven Suo's work with The Oregonian http://www.oregonlive.com/special/oregonian/meth/. Methland by Nick Reding is the story of how Olewein, Iowa (pronounced Ol-wine)became the became the living embodiment of the meth epidemic. There are many angles that Reding investigates to show how complex the...
I got my copy of this from the library and I think some previous patron may have actual cooked meth over the book: it had all manner of gross, weirdly coloured chemical stains throughout. Normally, I would return such a suspicious copy and wait for one to come into my store, but in this case I was h...
Using Oelwein, Iowa as the petri dish, though one could easily substitute any rural farming town in the US that has been hit by economical disaster, METHLAND is a confidently written, well-researched, accessible, and illuminating look into the methamphetamine "epidemic" and it's many probable causes...
Sort of a hard book to rate. There's good information here, and I respect Reding's attempt to cover the entire scope of the meth epidemic, from Big Ag in the heartland to Big Pharma in Congress, to politics and NAFTA, and including the psychopharmacology of meth in one's brain.At the end of the epi...
a sobering look at the effect of the meth epidemic on the mid-east rural environment. The author has done a lot of research here, perhaps too much for such a short book. There is a good balance between anecdotal and socio-historic information. I did appreciate the author's knowledge on the economica...
I grew up on the east coast and in my late twenties had the chance to live in a small midwestern town. I thought it would be simple and peaceful and good for me. Thumbs down, folks. Boredom isn't the deciding factor in the tragedy described in this book, that would be economic hopelessness. But bore...
Nick Reding has a nice literary style, which I appreciate in a non-fiction book as it makes for less dry reading. That's one of the redeeming qualities of this book, which was interesting but frankly didn't really bring that much insight to the table. Okay, meth is bad, we all know that. And drug ad...
Really, this didnt need to be expanded beyond the lengthy New Yorker / Harper's style essay this was meant to be. Interesting but get to the point already. A lot of padding to justify its' existence as a book instead of an essay.
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