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A form of safer supply, injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) programs, provide individuals with access to regulated opioids that are generally self-administered in supervised settings. The implementation of SSPs has been controversial, and gathering additional data on their impact is necessary to inform their future. An iOAT program in New Brunswick, Canada, was evaluated from the perspectives of individuals accessing the program, to better understand program experiences, impacts, and barriers. Semistructured interviews were completed with iOAT participants (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">N<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u200921) who had been in the program for approximately six months. An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis was used to understand the experiences of participants in the program. Participants reported positive experiences that were associated with the program's low-threshold and nonstigmatizing environment. 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