VOICER Strict regime for heroin addicts at Beijing rehab centre

VOICED BY LOUISE BATES 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. 0000 UPSOUND 0004 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. 0028 Iron bars seal the dormitories where the inmates sleep. 0031 The inmates attend classes to learn about family values and to remind them of the shame that drug use has brought upon their families. 0039 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. 0054 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. 0118 ENDS You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/bcd1d57fb6334fe3961e17ae6b827bfe Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork