Does safer drug supply have a role to play in the opioid epidemic?

Until the opioid epidemic touches your family or friends, concepts like safer drug supply are quite polarizing especially in Canadian politics. The concept is controversial but addictions is a complex affliction and through a better understanding of safer drug supply for drug users, can it be a part of a larger program that saves lives?Dr. Andrea Sereda is a leading voice in Canada advocating for the use of safer drug supplies to stem the number of people who are dying from overdoses.  She is a physician focused on street-level, at-risk programs working at the London InterCommunity Health Centre LIHC in London, Ontario. She also works with the  hydromorphone Emergency Safer Supply substitution program. Additionally, she also works with Street Level Women at Risk (SLWAR), a program in the community that uses a housing stability approach to assist women who are experiencing homelessness and involved in street-level sex work.