Salwa Amin Interview on Shain Gandee’s Death, Drug Addiction, Future of Buckwild – WOWK

Salwa Amin interview on Shain Gandee’s death, drug addiction, future of Buckwild – WOWK – Earlier this month Buckwild star Salwa Amin conducted a jailhouse interview with local television station WVNS in which she candidly, and very humbly, talked…

New approaches to incarceration warranted

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The attorney general said he also wants to see people convicted of low-level offenses diverted to drug treatment and community service programs. In addition, he … That is part of the rationale behind prison reforms approved in West Virginia earlier …
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Suicide?: Self-destructive addicts

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Meanwhile, the dismal "Oxyana" documentary was shown in Charleston Tuesday night, and a panel of experts said it accurately portrays the despair of addicts in Wyoming County — and many other West Virginia locales. What's the best hope to … Here's …
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School Has Become Too Hostile to Boys

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In May, Christopher Marshall, age 7, was suspended from his Virginia school for picking up a pencil and using it to “shoot” a “bad guy” — his friend, who was also suspended. A few months earlier, Josh Welch, also 7, was sent home from his Maryland …
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