Middlesbrough's Drug Education Team is developing a programme that educates children throughout their school life.

It would start with teaching about the safe use of medicines, progressing to the dangers of drugs.

The plan is part of a three-pronged approach involving the police, NHS and education services.

The education team is part of the Drug Action Team - a local partnership which aims to deliver the government's drug strategy at a local level, with representatives from the local authority, health, probation, the prison service and the voluntary sector.