BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Beijing opened two hot lines to provide information on drug rehabilitation through labor on Sunday to mark the UN-sponsored International Anti-Drug Day.

    Anyone who wants to consult on drug addiction treatment throughlabor could dial 1600225 or 010-60279522 for help, according to Beijing Reeducation Through Labor Administration under Beijing Municipal Prison Administration.

    With several years of experiences, Beijing Reeducation Through Labor Administration provides inmates with four treatment phases, namely: drug addiction treatment, recovery, treatment reinforcement, and re-adaption to society.

    The inmates would work regularly to divert their attention fromdrugs to labor.

    "We usually follow those who left the labor rehabilitation center for three years to collect their information and give them further help. The treatment proves successful," said Dai Jianhai, deputy-director of Beijing Reeducation Through Labor Administration.

    "But many people are not so familiar with labor rehabilitation.The hot lines are expected to help people know more about it," said Dai Jianhai, deputy director of Beijing Reeducation Through Labor Administration.

    With strengthened efforts to clamp down on drugs, Beijing seized more than 30 kilograms of drugs in about 350 cases in the January-May period this year, and about 73 kilograms of drugs in about 1,800 cases in 2004, said Ma Zhenchuan, director of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau. Enditem