Under the heading “Labor in government will”, the 2022 state policy platform details a diversion & health-based approach to personal drug use, while increasing penalties for commercial-scale trafficking. Read the full story from our political reporter.
Queensland Labor members have urged the state government to legalise the possession of small quantities of cannabis for personal use and complete a full review of its approach to drug law enforcement.
Both Labor and the LNP dismissed calls from the Productivity Commission to decriminalise MDMA and cannabis in 2020.But amid mounting calls for the decriminalisation of low-level drug possession and use, the state Labor government said that at this stage, it had no intention of acting on any of the suggested reforms.
This would include legalising the possession of small quantities of cannabis for personal use, festival pill testing trials – something the government has already been– and establishing a “full review” of the state’s enforcement approach to personal drug use. “Even in those jurisdictions where supply has been legalised, most evidence suggests there has been no long-term increase in usage or drug-related harms,” the report said.The commission said legalising and regulating the supply of lower-harm drugs, such as MDMA and cannabis, would boost the state budget by $1.2 billion, funnel $4 billion out of illegal markets and into health systems, and address prison overcrowding.
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