It’s unfortunate, I’ll give you that. No-one likes to see someone suffering needlessly, unless of course they’re child molesters, in Al Quaeda or are James Blunt, but I don’t have too much sympathy for the guys in hospital after a problematic drugs trial.

It’s not like they were doing it for the good of mankind. No. They did it for the cash, and not insignificant amounts either. Some reports are saying as much as £3,000 can be earned for some drug trials. Christ, some people spend three months cleaning toilets for that sort of cash. You don’t get £3,000 for a couple of days work if there aren’t inherent risks.

I know blokes that will pop any pill you give them and pay you £15 for the pleasure, perhaps I should go into the discount contract drug testing business?

“Yep, I assure you they’re taking the dose you recommended, but I’m afraid you’ll have to follow them into the all night rave in order to properly monitor the effects”

I’m sure it was seen as ‘easy money’, just take a few pills, then lie on your back for 48 hours and off you go with a nice fat cheque. I guess it wasn’t to be eh?

Still, I guess there are caged Beagles up and down the country that are pretty damn pleased that they don’t have to worry about popping more pills and can concentrate instead on getting through their 40-a-day Marlboro rations.

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