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Synthesis Title: Securing Safe Supply During COVID-19 and Beyond: Scoping Review and Knowledge Mobilization Nominated Principal Applicant (name and affiliation):

Matthew Herder, Director, Health Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University; Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University

Key Messages

• Restrictive laws and fear of discipline by professional bodies appear to limit access to safe supply.
• Facilitators such as regulatory exemptions are insufficient by themselves, to improve access to safe supply.
• In some respects, there is broad agreement between the literature reviewed and PWUD expertise whereas, in other cases, there is a disconnect between the bodies of knowledge about the barriers to implementing safe supply. To ensure this disconnect does not misdirect resources toward initiatives that do not respond to the barriers that are encountered, PWUD should be represented and integrated directly into efforts to improve access to safe supply

Read bullet point summary here and more extensive Executive Lay Summary here.