AP News in Brief at 8:58 Pm EDT

AP News in Brief at 8:58 pm EDT
"This is an important and encouraging lead, but one which I urge you to treat carefully," retired Australian Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, who is coordinating the search, told reporters in Perth. Afghan elections hailed as triumph of democracy over …
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Heroin use, overdose deaths rising in Kansas
Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services has also tracked a growing number of patients at the state's nine methadone clinics seeking treatment for heroin dependence. Of the 198 people treated in 2013 primarily for heroin abuse, 119 were men …
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Heroin has 'corrosive effect' in New Hampshire
There is the local methadone clinic, but she insists that the $ 15-per-day cost is too much. The Farnum Center, an inpatient treatment facility in Manchester, has up to 18 beds for low-income residents, but it can take between two and eight weeks for …
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