(15 Nov 2001)

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0000 - 0005 Wide shot of drug rehabilitation centre yard with inmates, dressed in blue-and-white-striped uniforms, marching
0005 - 0008 Two inmates watching
0008 - 0010 Close up man watching
0010 - 0018 Prisoners marching
0018 - 0023 Inmates' shadows moving in march rhythm
0023 - 0028 Wide shot of men marching and singing in yard
0028 - 0032 Bunks behind bars
0032 - 0035 Interior of classroom with policeman teaching prisoners
0035 - 0037 Blackboard
0037 - 0040 Policeman seated at desk and backs of prisoners
0040 - 0048 Basketball game
0048 - 0053 Various prisoners walking past
0053 - 0100 Tilt up from hand of female inmate painting
0100 - 0102 Women painting
0102 - 0106 Hand painting flower
0106 - 0112 Tilt down to painting
0112 - 0118 Inmates walking through corridor with police

STORYLINE

Officials in China say they are making in-roads in the fight against drug addiction in Beijing's only rehabilitation centre.

They say despite problems solving the root cause of drug addiction - trafficking from the Golden Triangle of Burma, Laos and Thailand, addicts are being treated successfully in their forced detoxification programme.

Police took foreign reporters on a brief and controlled tour of the Beijing centre on Wednesday.

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It's a military-like schedule for the addicts being treated in China's capital.

The day starts with drills and songs sung to inspire hope in their fight against drugs.

The addicts - who wear a uniform - are effectively inmates, packed off to this detox centre when police find out about their addiction.

Police don't consult courts: Just a urine test is enough for them to send people away for treatment.

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Iron bars seal the dormitories where the inmates sleep.

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The inmates attend classes to learn about family values and to remind them of the shame that drug use has brought upon their families.

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Exercise is also seen as an important aspect of their treatment.

Most were heroin or opium users.

The reason is availability: China borders two of the world's largest opium poppy-growing countries, Myanmar and Afghanistan.

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More and more, those housed at the centre are women, many of whom reportedly fund their habit through prostitution.

Since the centre opened in 1995, some seven-thousand drug addicts have received treatment here.

But even the centre's director admits it's a slow road - he told one reporter on Wednesday only 10 percent stay off drugs once they leave.

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