Drug users facing incarceration will now be able to swap jail time for rehabilitation with the reinstatement of the Queensland Drug Courts.
Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath said that the relaunched court would not be a “soft option” saying that the offenders’ prison sentence will only be suspended if they undertake the treatment order.
Currently, there will be only one Drug Court operating in Queensland based in the Brisbane Magistrates Court building.