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'Professional guinea pigs': Inside the world of clinical drug trials

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Being a part of a clinical drug trial can pay very well—up to several thousand dollars .

Many people need that cash and are desperate to participate.

Rob Cribb is the director of the Investigative Journalism Bureau at the Toronto Star .

When someone’s desperate for that money, they’ll cut many corners: lie to be accepted, fail to report adverse reactions.