That's actually close to reality. A lot of US universities have some kind of for-pay drug research going on. Since college kids are notoriously low on cash, the

That's actually close to reality. A lot of US universities have some kind of for-pay drug research going on. Since college kids are notoriously low on cash, they sign up to get injected with something and report the results afterwards. My university didn't offer it but my sister's did. She made a few bucks getting injected with a trial flu vaccine and reporting if she got sick afterwards.