Children as young as nine are to get advice on drugs when a new board game is launched in Lancashire's primary schools this week.

The game, called Joint Efforts - Primary Edition', has been designed to help educate nine to 11-year-old children along with their parents, teachers and youth workers on how to handle situations involving drugs.

It will be tried out in schools in Lancaster and Morecambe before being rolled out across the county.

It is an adapted version of a game that has already proved a big hit with secondary school pupils across Lancashire and will be used in lessons as well as well as at youth and community group meetings.

It has been developed by Lancashire County Council using funding from the local drugs action team.