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Bristol West MP Stephen Williams says it's his personal wish to give cannabis the same legal status as alcohol and tobacco.
He argues that if you look at the hierarchy of harm caused by substances, you could not say cannabis was more harmful than alcohol.
"It terms of the damage alcohol does, in terms of domestic violence and crime, its far more harmful than cannabis," he says.
On whether this could lead to an increased culture of drug use, comparable to alcohol, he said that the main problem behind binge drinking was a pricing issue, with supermarkets able to sell alcohol too cheaply.
Mr Williams believes that many health problems connected with cannabis are related to the fact that it is sold in an unregulated environment. He says people who buy cannabis cannot know about its standards of quality.
"If it was sold in a regulated environment, just like alcohol...
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