02486cam a2200385 a 4500 84865 20230410120740.0 081017s2009 nyu b 000 0 eng 2008045398 (OCoLC)ocn263147011 DLC DLC YDXCP BTCTA C#P BWX BUR CDX VP@ MOF SGB IG# WOR 9781596916500 1596916508 NZ1 13082097 CDX 9018048 (OCoLC)263147011 n-us-ia HV 5831.8 R317m 2009 362.29/9 Reding, Nick. Methland : the death and life of an American small town / Nick Reding. New York : Bloomsbury, 2009. x, 255 p. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-255). Kant's lament -- The most American drug -- The inland empire -- The family -- The Yankee scoreboard -- Mirror imaging -- The cop shop -- Waterloo -- The inland empire, part two -- Las flores -- 11-Algona -- El Paso -- Disconnected states -- Kant's redemption -- Independence. The dramatic story of the methamphetamine epidemic of the 1980s as it sweeps the American heartland--a moving, very human account of one community's attempt to battle its way to a brighter future. Crystal meth is widely considered the world's most dangerous drug, but especially so in the small towns of the American heartland. Journalist Reding tells the story of Oelwein, Iowa (pop. 6,159), which, like thousands of other small towns, has been left in the dust by the consolidation of the agricultural industry, a depressed local economy, and an out-migration of people. As if this weren't enough, an incredibly cheap, longlasting, and highly addictive drug has rolled into town. Over a period of four years, journalist Nick Reding brings us into the heart of Oelwein, tracing the connections between the lives touched by the drug and the global forces that set the stage for the epidemic.--From publisher description. Methamphetamine abuse Iowa Oelwein. Metanfetamina lowa Oelwein Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2008045398-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1001/2008045398-d.html Coutts Information Services COUT 9018048 lcc bk C0 DRFGD web 51108 51108 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 1 0 HV 5831.8 R317m 2009 00000077653 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 bk