Thank you for the question.
I think this is one of the pieces. As Rob was saying, safe supply needs to include all these other pieces. Providing medication is one thing. We know people need other aspects of pain control.
We've talked a lot about the issue of over-prescribing opioids for pain leading us here. We know we cannot just prescribe our way out of this problem. We need to be providing wraparound services, mental health services, addiction services and pain services for people who are at risk of overdose.
I'm particularly concerned about the population of people who have been on long-term opioids for pain and who are being deprescribed and are at risk of overdose. They are not meeting the criteria for safe supply.