About the Authors

Kristen A. Morin

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Joseph K. Eibl

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Joseph M. Caswell

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation

Affiliation ICES North, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Brian Rush

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Christopher Mushquash

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Nancy E. Lightfoot

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

David C. Marsh

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

dmarsh@nosm.ca

Affiliations Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Center for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, Canadian Addiction Treatment Centres, Markam, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

Dr. David Marsh maintains the following roles: Chief Medical Director at CATC (Canadian Addiction Treatment Center), opioid agonist therapy provider. Dr. Marsh has no ownership stake in the CATC as a stipendiary employee. We do not foresee any conflict of interest as data will be made freely available to the public, and neither the CATC, nor the Universities, have the ability to prevent publication and dissemination of knowledge. The other authors have no conflicts declared. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.