Medical Marijuana
Dear Advisory Committee on Prescription Medicines,
Does Australia have a Medical Marijuana program?
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Franze
Dear Mr Franze
Thank you for your email of 4 October 2013 to the Therapeutic Goods
Administration (TGA). Our apologies for the delayed response.
There is currently no medical marijuana approved by the TGA for supply in
Australia as a therapeutic good.
In considering your enquiry, your State or Territory Health Department
may be able to further assist you.
As you have not specified which state you live in, please see contact
details below for each relevant State Health Department:
Australian Capital Territory Government Health
Phone: 13 22 81
New South Wales Ministry of Health
Phone: 02 9391 9000
Queensland Health
Phone: 07 3234 0111
South Australia Health
Phone: 08 8226 6000
Department of Health and Human Services Tasmania
Phone: 1300 135 513
Department of Health Victoria
Phone: 03 9096 9000
Western Australia Health
Phone: 08 9222 4222
Department of Health Northern Territory Government
Phone: 08 8999 2400
More information about the TGA is available on our website:
[1]· What the TGA does
[2]· What the TGA doesn’t do
I hope that this information is useful.
Yours sincerely
Katreeya
Public Contact Team
Therapeutic Goods Administration
Phone: 1800 020 653
Email: [3][email address]
Therapeutic Goods Administration
Department of Health
PO Box 100
Woden ACT 2606
[4]www.tga.gov.au
From: Daniel Franze <[FOI #434 email]>
To: FOI requests at Advisory Committee on Prescription Medicines
<[email address]>,
Date: 04/10/2013 11:13 AM
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Medical Marijuana
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Dear Advisory Committee on Prescription Medicines,
Does Australia have a Medical Marijuana program?
Yours faithfully,
Daniel Franze
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