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Become a member to access skills sharing sessions, webinars, operational consultation and support, a network of clinical providers, and more!

Are you currently providing or intending to provide Safer Supply? Would you like to learn more by accessing evidence-informed resources, hear from expert presenters, connect to other Safer Supply providers? Are you a health care provider, pharmacist, harm reduction worker, wraparound support provider, program coordinator, policy analyst, researcher, volunteer and/or a person who uses drugs? Then this is for you! The option to join is not limited to the roles listed above.

We will generally approve your registration within three days. All new accounts start out "blocked" but you will get an email with your login, password, and other information as soon as the NSS-CoP team has activated your account.

Can't get past the antibot verification? Sometimes people are told they're robots when they are, in fact, human beings who would like to join the Community of Practice.  If this happens to you, just write us at info [at] nss-aps.ca (info[at]nss-aps[dot]ca). 

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Acknowledgement of support for safer supply prescribing *

This community of practice is for people who support safer supply as one approach to providing care to people who use drugs. By joining the community of practice, you are self-identifying as someone who endorses safer supply as one approach on a continuum of care for people who use drugs.

This community of practice focuses on scaling up of a harm reduction oriented medical model of safer supply that is inclusive of iOAT, take-home tablet models and the prescription of safer stimulant supply.

Our members are expected to engage in a supportive and collegial manner that contributes to the development of clinical and operational experience, knowledge, and best practices for safer supply.

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1. This is not a teaching environment; the community of practice provides opportunities for sharing clinical and operational experiences, skills, and knowledge, as well as insights and expertise from community members based on their lived experience.

2. Please assume that this is a public space and only share information and opinions that you would be comfortable saying in a public forum.

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