Anyone from Oelwein?

**isucyfan** · 06-16-2009, 12:16 PM

I saw that there is a new book coming out based on the meth problems there. I'm wondering how the book will be received there.

METHLAND - New York Post

**cmoneyr** · 06-16-2009, 12:17 PM

So Methland isn't a new Central Iowa themepark?

**JP4CY** · 06-16-2009, 12:18 PM

Oelwein, what about Muscatine, the Cincinnati of Iowa?

**isucyfan** · 06-16-2009, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by cmoneyr

So Methland isn't a new Central Iowa themepark?

If it was, all of the rides would go very "high".

**mplscyclone** · 06-16-2009, 12:20 PM

Is there a small town in Iowa that DOESN'T produce a lot of meth??? Just Sayin'....

**egami** · 06-16-2009, 12:22 PM

Newton, if I am not mistaken, was up there at one time...wonder what the current state-wide meth rankings are.

**Al_4_State** · 06-16-2009, 12:38 PM

I've heard that the meth problem in this state is a fraction of what it was 4 years ago. My hometown of McIntire, near Osage, was really bad a few years back, but the thing with meth is that it's just so incredibly destructive that the people who get into it are basically dead or practically vegetables after a few years. Meth is still a problem, but just nowhere near what it was in the recent past.

**keepngoal** · 06-16-2009, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by Al_4_State

I've heard that the meth problem in this state is a fraction of what it was 4 years ago. My hometown of McIntire, near Osage, was really bad a few years back, but the thing with meth is that it's just so incredibly destructive that the people who get into it are basically dead or practically vegetables after a few years. Meth is still a problem, but just nowhere near what it was in the recent past.

I think you are a bit confused...

the making of meth in Iowa is a fraction of what it was 4 years ago. The use of meth is as bad now (probably worse) as it was 4 years ago.

Now the **** is coming up from Mexico, in droves! And it is bad... really, really bad.

You could make a case (as poor as it is) that the Iowa meth was 'better' (meaning not AS bad) for the meth heads than the **** from Mexico. Get my drift?

**mramseyISU** · 06-16-2009, 12:52 PM

I'll bet that will be an interesting read.

**ianoconnor** · 06-16-2009, 12:54 PM

Originally Posted by johnpkelly81

Oelwein, what about Muscatine, the Cincinnati of Iowa?

lol... what's wrong with Cincinnati?

**Al_4_State** · 06-16-2009, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by keepngoal

I think you are a bit confused...

the making of meth in Iowa is a fraction of what it was 4 years ago. The use of meth is as bad now (probably worse) as it was 4 years ago.

Now the **** is coming up from Mexico, in droves! And it is bad... really, really bad.

You could make a case (as poor as it is) that the Iowa meth was 'better' (meaning not AS bad) for the meth heads than the **** from Mexico. Get my drift?

Yeah. That's what I meant. A lot of the really horrible things associated with meth came with cooking it, though. Houses starting on fire, mobile meth labs blowing up, etc. I am, however pretty sure that actual use is down where I'm from, for the reasons I've mentioned. I don't live around there anymore, but when I go back, it just doesn't seem as bad in those regards as it was a couple of years ago.

**khehr** · 06-16-2009, 01:09 PM

Yup, I will admit, only temporarily, that I am from Oelwein. Haven't lived there in 10+ years but I am from there. Might check out the book, but I don't remember it being as bad as the blurb makes it out to be. I do however remember the guy burning his face off. Bro was on the fire dept. there and filled me in on that one.

**CrossCyed** · 06-16-2009, 01:09 PM

I'm from NE Iowa. I actually know a lot of the main characters in the book, including the crank dealer (her kid went to school with me).

I haven't heard how it'll be received, but I do know the guy is having a book signing at the local library.

That being said, I read the first chapter online, and it paints a picture of Oelwein that's a lot rougher than is really true.

**dosry5** · 06-16-2009, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by Al_4_State

I've heard that the meth problem in this state is a fraction of what it was 4 years ago. My hometown of McIntire, near Osage, was really bad a few years back, but the thing with meth is that it's just so incredibly destructive that the people who get into it are basically dead or practically vegetables after a few years. Meth is still a problem, but just nowhere near what it was in the recent past.

Umm, aren't you canadian?

**mplscyclone** · 06-16-2009, 01:14 PM

Originally Posted by CrossCyed

I'm from NE Iowa. I actually know a lot of the main characters in the book, including the crank dealer (her kid went to school with me).

I haven't heard how it'll be received, but I do know the guy is having a book signing at the local library.

That being said, I read the first chapter online, and it paints a picture of Oelwein that's a lot rougher than is really true.

That's because he's trying to make money; not trying to make Oelwein a better place