Pros And Cons Of Methland

Throughout most of the book it talks about how small town's have been invaded by drugs and addicts. As well as people ending up as addicts due to big companie’s taking away workers’ advantages in their local company. By towns having drug addicts and having great amounts of lay off people, it leads people to work illegally. People in towns have started to cook meth as well as selling it. By people doing all these types of work, it's their only choice to have a steady economy because the government has turned their backs on them. All through the story in the book Methland by Nick Reding, he explains to us that the book is not just about how meth is affecting people located in small towns located in the middle of the united states. It also

As more we go in-depth in the book it tells us that addiction is a major concern and that drugs are affecting it and that it makes the economy go down the drain. Even though it mentions cons affect it fails to project that it also make the town's economy better. In every part of Methland it indicates that drugs are awful thing towards small towns and that it leads to violence towards the town residence. By knowing all the cons and pros about this book it leads me to ask the question, if it wasn’t for drug money being involved in the small town's economy all the towns would have

An example of drug money helping the small town's economy would be Lori Arnold, in Methland Nick Reding explains “she planned to open a daycare center and video game arcade”(71). This shows that Lori tried to make her small town better by using drug money to boost the economy. As well as making the town better she has also helped the police, In methland Nick Reding also points out that ” Lori donated plenty of money to local police and to the county sheriff”(71). This explains that Lori even donated money to her local police station so people wouldn’t be ;ay off. It also showed that the police didn’t bother to know where the money had come from as long as they were funded. Not only did she donate money to her community, but she also gave jobs to people who were laid off. Lori is a major example of how drug money has greatly influenced the economy, not just in the town but in the