Hon. Sophia Moermond is requesting data on the number of cannabis intervention requirements issued and completed in WA under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1981, section 8F, for 2022 and the first seven months of 2023. The Minister for Police requires more time to provide the data.

AnsweredQoN 854Legislative Council
Asked
15 August 2023
Portfolio
Police

QuestionView source ↗

MISUSE OF DRUGS ACT —
CANNABIS INTERVENTION REQUIREMENT
854. Hon SOPHIA MOERMOND to the minister representing the
Minister for Police:
I refer to the Misuse of Drugs Act
1981, section 8F, titled ''Cannabis intervention requirement''.
(1) How many cannabis intervention
requirements were issued from January to December 2022?
(2) How many
of the above cannabis intervention requirements issued in part (1) resulted in
a cannabis intervention session being completed?
(3) How many
cannabis intervention requirements have been issued from January to the end of
July in 2023?
(4) How many
of the cannabis intervention requirements in part (3) have resulted in a cannabis
intervention session being completed?
The
PRESIDENT : That question seems to be requiring a lot of data, too.

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the
question.
The following information has been provided to me by the
Minister for Police.
The Western Australia Police Force advises that it is not
possible to provide an answer within the required time frame. An answer for the
honourable member will be provided on Thursday, 17 August 2023.

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