About the Authors

Emilie Comeau

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

em229519@dal.ca

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Matthew Bonn

Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew Bonn, Sheila Wildeman, Matthew Herder

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sheila Wildeman

Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew Bonn, Sheila Wildeman, Matthew Herder

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Matthew Herder

Contributed equally to this work with: Matthew Bonn, Sheila Wildeman, Matthew Herder

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Health Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Matthew Herder is a member of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board, Canada’s national drug pricing regulator, and receives honoraria for his public service. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. No other conflicts of interest were reported