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This document from the National Safer Supply Community of Practice (NSS-CoP) answers some of the most frequently asked questions about prescribed safer supply programs. In it, you will find key messages, plenty of evidence-based answers, supporting research, and places to find more information.
#Key messages
- Health care providers care about the people and communities they serve. They use clinical guidance and research to decide how to provide care.
- If you have questions or concerns about safer supply programs, we want to know.
- What we know today:
- Prescribed safer supply is not contributing to opioid-related deaths.
- There are no indications that youth are experiencing harms from diverted prescribed safer supply drugs.
- Prescribed safer supply is saving lives and improving people’s quality of life.
- There is a lot of research being done on safer supply, including community impact.
- Currently, there are only 26 programs funded to provide safer supply across Canada and these programs serve only people who are at highest risk of harm from the unregulated drug supply.
- An expanded continuum of care that includes harm reduction-based safer supply and addictions treatment approaches will better serve the diverse needs of people who use drugs.