The Tyee | M Gamage
Health Canada’s witness in the Drug User Liberation Front’s judicial review trial frustrated the judge and highlighted how opaque and frustrating Canadian drug policy can be…. Safer supply is a program that works to separate people who use drugs from the unregulated market by providing them with pharmaceutical-grade alternatives. This reduces their risk of being poisoned by the unpredictable street supply. The short-term goal is to keep people alive, and the longer-term goal is to help them stabilize.