Shila Green is convinced she'd be dead if it weren't for a clean supply of opioids she received while in the throes of addiction.

For six months in 2023, she underwent an injectable opioid agonist therapy program in Saint John, which allowed her the stability to transition away from injecting illicit opioids, and on to orally-administered methadone.

"That way I'm not getting dirty stuff on the street, right?," said Green, who now lives in Fredericton.

"If it wasn't for them, I would have died, rig…