Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction: An Epidemic Foretold xi
Act I Dealing
Chapter 1 The Undertaker 3
Chapter 2 Junk Science 14
Chapter 3 Pilliamson 29
Chapter 4 The Sales Pitch 39
Chapter 5 What They Knew 49
Chapter 6 Investigation 65
Chapter 7 Vital Sign 79
Act II Hooked
Chapter 8 A Loaded Gun in the Suicide Ward 99
Chapter 9 Paying to Play 114
Chapter 10 Pursuit 132
Chapter 11 The Silence 145
Chapter 12 Pushback 162
Chapter 13 Sounding the Alarm 175
Chapter 14 Kermit 187
Chapter 15 A Free Pass 204
Chapter 16 The End of Days 217
Act III Withdrawal
Chapter 17 The Public Health 231
Chapter 18 Russian Roulette 247
Chapter 19 Dodging Torpedoes 262
Chapter 20 The National Nightmare 269
Chapter 21 Guilt 286
Timeline 293
Notes 299
Index 305