Don’t volunteer

 

Modern experiments, even the strange, unethical ones, require willing volunteers. Research trials can be an excellent source of income should you meet the subject criteria, but they can also mean dire physical or mental side effects. The advance of medicine requires human volunteers, but nothing about science requires the ignorance of its subjects. When and if you are given a consent form, read it carefully (or have your lawyer do so), and never be afraid to ask questions. If you don’t like the answers you get, get the hell out of there.