{"product_id":"2940156945863","title":"The Psychopath Machine: A Story of Resistance and Survival","description":"When Steve Smith set out to hitchhike from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Canada's west coast back in 1968, he was just an eighteen-year-old hippie with an appetite for adventure. But a short way into his journey, a reckless decision to steal a car landed him in police custody. Afraid of getting caught with the two tabs of acid in his pocket, Steve popped them into his mouth. It was one of the worst decisions of his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMistaking his drug trip for a mental breakdown, the authorities placed him in Ontario's notorious Oak Ridge mental health facility. While there, not only did he find himself shoulder-to-shoulder with people like notorious child killer Peter Woodcock and mass murderers Matt Lamb and Victor Hoffman, he also fell into the hands of someone worse: Dr. Elliot T. Barker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the next eight months, Barker subjected Steve and the other patients to a battery of unorthodox experiments involving LSD, scopolamine, methamphetamines, and other drugs. Steven also experienced numerous other forms of abuse and torture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing his release, Steve continued to suffer the aftereffects of his Oak Ridge experience. For several years, he found himself in and out of prison--and back to Oak Ridge--before he was finally able to establish himself as a successful entrepreneur.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOnce he began investigating what happened to him during his youth, not even Steve was prepared for what he would discover about Barker, Oak Ridge, and one of the darkest periods in Canada's treatment of mental health patients. The question remains: Was Oak Ridge and Dr. Barker trying to cure psychopaths or trying to create and direct them?","brand":"FriesenPress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114795483376,"sku":"2940156945863","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940156945863_p0.jpg?v=1764089784","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940156945863","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}