Wansbeck MP Ian Lavery says he isn't worried about Tory leadership candidates' possible drug-taking history.
Instead, the Labour Party chair says the impact of drugs on "every single community in the UK" should be the focus of debate.
Taking to Twitter , the MP weighed in on the ongoing controversy surrounding the past drug use of various prospective Prime Ministers - while insisting that he himself had never consumed any illegal substances.
The debate began last week when Environment Secretary Michael Gove admitted taking cocaine "on several occasions" while working as a journalist more than two decades ago.
The admission sparked a flurry of debate over whether it affected Mr Gove's suitability to serve as Prime Minister, if he were to win the leadership contest, with some even suggesting he would be unable to attend diplomatic trips to America due to previous use of the Class A substance.
A line of fellow leadership hopefuls began to come clean about past drug use over recent days, with Dominic Raab, Esther McVey and Andrea Leadsom saying they had tried cannabis while at university.
More unusual admissions included Jeremy Hunt's claim that he "think[s] [he] had a cannabis lassi while backpacking through India" and Rory Stewart's statement that he had once smoked opium at a wedding in Afghanistan.
admitted to trying cocaine in a GQ interview in 2007, though appearing on Have I Got News For You in 2005 he said he had once been given cocaine but had "sneezed" and been unable to actually get it up his nose.
But Mr Lavery said what drugs the MPs might or might not have tried was not the key issue.
He wrote: "Aye ok I might be a bit of a bore but I’ve NEVER EVER ever taken any illegal drugs.
"Nor am I concerned about the privileged Tory elite who perhaps have.
"My concern is the impact drugs are having on every single community in the UK. [Labour] will tackle this issue head on."
