Every year, thousands of people in Canada and the U.S. take part in drug trials, to ensure a medication's functionality | dG1fbHNPTGxpOUhBR1U
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00:00I let companies test medications on me in exchange for money.
00:07The very first time I remember being very afraid.
00:11If I had any doubts, I was thinking, I need to pay my rent.
00:22I have a total of like negative 30 cents in my bank account.
00:27I'm not educated. I don't have a lot of other paths.
00:30The only thing I can sell is my body.
00:35When I first started doing clinical trials, the waiver that you sign,
00:39it said you could die and the company wouldn't be liable.
00:43And I was like, that seems nuts, but it seems like easy money and it should be fine.
00:57Are you ever scared that you could be hurting your body?
00:59Yeah. Yeah.
01:04This is my secret.
01:08This is what I do for money.
01:12Today is day four of the clinical trial.
01:16I can't move fast. I can't walk fast.
01:18It hurts when I breathe.
01:19I feel pretty scared.
01:23I've never been in a situation like this.
01:26Sometimes I say little prayers to myself.
01:28Please God, let me be okay.
01:31Let me not die.