Chapter Two, "I Was A Human Lab Rat" Summary and Analysis

The entries in the second chapter date from the 31st of May until the 3rd of July in 1991. In his introduction to this chapter, Rodriguez writes that he participated in Pharmaco research studies before. Originally he thought that it was not worth enduring the side effects caused by medical experiments for money. He changed his tune, however, when he found himself penniless. The first time he did it, he was paid $2,000 to test a speed healing drug. For this, he had to be wounded;to this day, he still bears two tiny scars on his arm as proof. He used the money earned to make "Bedhead," which later won several awards. Rodriguez concludes that when money is earned through such suffering it makes one think...