In the fall of 1992 I met Terry Parker on Queen Street West. He was holding a large sign reading, “CIA brain experiments at Sick Kids Hospital“. He showed me the scars from his psychosurgeries and gave me a pamphlet telling his story, asking me to publish it. We were able to confirm his identity at the time, but were unable to follow up the story with him as he started pretending to be someone else when people called. Below are The Parker Chronicles, as given to me by Terry.
January 1969Subjected to a right temporal lobectomy in order to alleviate epileptic convulsions. Patient was asleep during the operation and parents were only told that the doctors would attempt to remove a blood clot which they thought was causing the seizures.
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Parker's story did turn out to be largely true, although the CIA involvement and other darker accusations are difficult to fully confirm, although Terry did eventually get an admission that it was an “unauthorized behavior control surgery“. Terry also became Canada's first legal marijuana user, which brings us full circle as he is currently running for government in my local riding for the Marijuana Party of Canada. (Hey! Canadians! Have you registered to vote yet?)
Normally I'd vote for the Marijuana Party, but we have an awesome Green Party of Canada rep here as well that will probably swing me… My vote for the Marijuana Party goes there because I believe that marijuana legalization, like gun rights in America, is an important part of protecting freedoms that I believe in. However, since legalization is also a part of the Green platform here as well (unlike any of the other mainstream parties — I don't see the Liberals sticking with that, the Conservatives have already said no, and the NDP has said they'll only do it if there's lots of regulation), I think I'm going to buy in to the “real change, real choice” slogan this election.
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