Methland The Death And Life Of An American Small Town post 5

Reding in the book goes back to Oelwin, Iowa many times in the book visiting the characters he meet the first time he went there.  It was very interesting to see how each of the characters changed and the experiences they went through each time.  The great part about the book is it focuses on other small towns around Oelwin Iowa.  He keeps the audience interested by using the towns around Oelwin to show the truth of what was really happening.  He was trying to show how meth was the worlds most dangerous drug and if done the consequences that can occur.  One story that really stood out was when he went to back to visit these guys major and buck.  Major was a heavy meth user and Buck his kid was exposed to the drug already having serious consequences.  Major was taking to Reding telling him that he couldn't live with buck alone fearing that he would abuse him or worse kill him.  One time Buck was almost killed when Major mistook baby food for a nickel and made Buck eat it causing serious problems and surgery having to be performed to remove the nickel.  This was the reason Major could not take of Buck so he lives with Majors parents until Major is able to take care of him. Major still lives with Buck but ,cant ever be alone with him so one of Majors parents have to be home at all times.  There are many more stories just like this were Reding would go back and interview the people he spoke with in 2005 when he was first just getting started.  Every time he seems to go back things are improving. When he went back in 2008 buck was allowed to be alone in the house with Major and the town of Oelwin was know slowly rebuilding moving away from the stages of methland.  It was amazing to see  the improvements of the town after what looked like a town that would never recover.