Manufacturers

All persons interested in manufacturing narcotic drugs require a licence to manufacture from the Office of Drug Control. The licence is in addition to any licence issued by State or Territory Governments.

You will require a licence to manufacture narcotic drugs if you are conducting any of the following activities:

• obtaining a narcotic substance from a plant (e.g. extraction of the opium poppy)
• obtaining a narcotic from a synthetic process
• transforming a substance into a narcotic drug, including from one narcotic to another (e.g. morphine transformed into codeine)
• refining and/or concentration of a drug

Depending on your manufacturing activity, you may also require a licence from the TGA. This information can be found in the manufacturing therapeutic goods section of the TGA website.