Counselling and rehab is required in the long term, but it's a process to get people into that. The advantage of prescribed safe supply is that drug users are

Counselling and rehab is required in the long term, but it's a process to get people into that. The advantage of prescribed safe supply is that drug users are now interacting with the medical system and this is a touch point where medical professionals can interact with drug users directly and divert people that are ready for counseling and rehab to those options.