Canadian Civil Society Advancing Safe Supply Working Group “Innovating Beyond Exclusively Medicalized Approaches”: Policy Brief and Recommendations

Report
by
Canadian Civil Society Advancing Safe Supply Working Group

Release Date

2023

Geography

Canada

Language of Resource

English

Full Text Available

Yes

Open Access / OK to Reproduce

No

Peer Reviewed

No

Findings/Key points

There are a range of models that could be implemented for the provision of safe supply, ranging from highly restrictive medicalized options, which are the status quo, to public health models, to less restrictive non-medical options. Models that are user-led and eliminate medical barriers are critical to enhancing the health, safety and autonomy of people who use drugs.

Keywords

Policy/Regulatory
Safer supply
Advocacy