Meth originated in Germany in 1887 and was further developed …show more content…
The factors that promote meth production and abuse in these communities include but are not limited to poverty, the feeling of escape, job opportunity, boredom, and social stratification. Individuals in rural communities can be taking meth for a multitude of different reasons. Many of them severely hurting their livelihood, and their physical condition. However, considering meth abuse to be an individual 's problem is extremely ineffective. Meth is much more than a problem thousands of individuals have in rural America. Rather, Meth is a problem that rural communities face as a whole. A problem that affects not just the abusers, or the abuser 's family, but the entire well being of the …show more content…
Fighting meth production and abuse at a surface level is a very short term solution. Thousands of Meth labs in Iowa are seized every year (Iowa Drug Control Update). Tens of thousands of people are convicted of meth related crimes yearly and are imprisoned. The Oelwein chief of Police Jeremy Logan estimated that law enforcement dismantles only one in ten of the total meth labs in existence at most (Reding, Nick, 30). Although meth convictions are staggeringly high. The abuse continues to grow, and continues to provide a social problem for rural communities around the state of Iowa, and across the