The question around safe supply is complex. When I talk about safe supply, I want to be clear that there are lots of different definitions that have floated around in terms of that. I'm going to define “safe supply” in your question as prescribed safer supply, which is a prescription for a pharmaceutical opioid typically, although it can be other medications to decrease somebody's reliance on the illicit toxic drug supply.
We know from some of the research and evidence that there are individual benefits from safer supply. We also know that there are significant concerns from the community and from some providers and prescribers around the potential public health harms. The reality is that I don't think we're at a place where we have a strong enough evidence base to say that safer supply is good or bad. It is something that probably does need more evaluation and more research before we talk about whether it's going to be a key component to this.