Contacts for state/territory drugs and poisons units

National Line for Drugs & Poisons
1300 364 545

Australian Capital Territory

Pharmaceutical Services / ACT Health
Phone  02 6205 0998
Fax 02 6205 0997
Web health.act.gov.au
  (or search ACT pharmaceutical services)

New South Wales

Pharmaceutical Services Branch / NSW Health
Phone  02 9424 5921
Fax 02 9424 5885
  health.nsw.gov.au
  (or search NSW pharmaceutical services)

Northern Territory

Poisons Control / NT Department of Health
Phone  08 8922 7341
Fax 08 8922 7200
  health.nt.gov.au
  (or search NT poisons control)

Queensland

Drugs and Poisons Policy and Regulation Unit / Medicine Regulation & Quality
Phone  07 3328 9808
Fax 07 3328 9354
  health.qld.gov.au

South Australia

Medicine Legislation / Department of Health
Phone  08 8204 1942
Fax 08 8463 5540
  sahealth.sa.gov.au
Schedule 8 Poisons & drugs of dependence line
Phone  08 8463 3476 / 1300 652 584
Fax 1300 658 447

Tasmania

Pharmaceutical Services Branch / Department of Health and Human Services
Phone  03 6166 0400
Fax 03 6233 3904
  dhhs.tas.gov.au
  (or search TAS pharmaceutical services)

Victoria

Department of Health / Drugs and Poisons Regulation Group
Phone  1300 364 545
Fax 1300 360 830
  health.vic.gov.au
  (or search VIC drugs and poisons services)
  dpcs@health.vic.gov.au
Drugs & Alcohol Clinical Advisory Service:
Phone  1800 812 804

Western Australia

Pharmaceutical Services Branch / Department of Health
Phone  08 9222 6883
Fax 08 9222 2463
  (or search WA pharmaceutical services)
  public.health.gov.au

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