Legal and Social Issues Committee: reference

The question put

That this house: (1) notes that the continued prohibition of cannabis forces thousands of Victorians through the criminal justice system, wastes immense police resources, empowers the illicit market and is at odds with public sentiment, with 80 per cent of Australians believing that the possession of cannabis should not be a criminal offence; (2) requires the Legal and Social Issues Committee to inquire into, consider and report, no later than 18 March 2025, on the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Amendment (Regulation of Personal Adult Use of Cannabis) Bill 2023, including consideration of the impacts of the Australian Capital Territory’s decriminalisation of the personal use of cannabis; and (3) defers the second reading of this bill until the final report of the committee is presented to the house in accordance with the terms of this resolution.