Thank you, MP Berthold.
I will very quickly clarify a number of points that are before us today.
In the first section, the bill essentially provides that if a young person is alleged to have committed an offence that is linked to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act or if there is a link to cannabis, then a police officer “shall consider whether it would be appropriate to refer the young person, with the young person's consent, to an addiction treatment program”.
Am I to understand that this is before any charges are laid?