Latest / Healthcare Scandal Investigations
The First Patient: How MDMA Therapy Betrayed an Elite Athlete
The First Patient: How MDMA Therapy Betrayed an Elite Athlete
A world-record holder and forty-seven-time national champion entered an MDMA therapy trial in December 2014 as Patient Number One - and the video camera in the room recorded repeated physical contact and a sexual relationship that MAPS later described as sexual abuse. How did a clinical trial meant to treat treatment-resistant PTSD become a setting where professional boundaries dissolved and a patient was harmed?
In this episode, we tell the story of Meaghan Buisson, what happened during her participation in an MDMA-assisted…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.