Author Paints Small Town's Struggle In 'Methland' : NPR

Author Paints Small Town's Struggle In 'Methland' : NPR: "It is also home to Roland Jarvis, a former meatpacking worker who burned his house down in 2001. Jarvis, who had a methamphetamine lab inside, was hallucinating that he saw black helicopters hovering overhead and, in a panic, dumped chemicals down the drain. The home went up in flames, and Jarvis was burned so badly that he begged the police to shoot him."