From 3 May 2024 an eligible person must be offered diversion for a minor drugs offence, including possession of not more than 50 grams of cannabis. There are three lifetime opportunities: a warning, then two assessment appointments. An offer is spent even if the person declines it. A cannabis diversion offered before that date counts as the first assessment. Diversion does not decriminalise possession.[1][2]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Australia here.
References
- Queensland Police Service — Police drug diversion programarchived
- Police Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2026 (Queensland), Schedule 1Cannabis is prescribed at 50.0 g. The regulation commenced on 31 March 2026.archived
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