Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part I
Angie and Starla I: Alone 13
The Project I: Chicago 15
Neuroscience I: "A Critical Point" 20
Meth I: "Streets of Bakersfield" 24
Janssen 33
Sacklers I: "Overworked and Unprepared Doctors" 40
Henderson 47
The Project II: Toluca, Mexico 51
Clarksburg I: Doc O 57
Part II
Angie and Starla II: "Like Our Family Survived and Had a Baby" 73
Fentanyl I: Magic Bullet 77
Neuroscience II: "These Rats Weren't on Heroin. They Were on Sugar" 81
Fentanyl II: Tommy Rauh 85
Fentanyl III: "Is This Really Happening?" 93
Fentanyl IV: Gordon Jin 102
Sacklers II: "A Fresh Start" 110
Muncie I 118
Muncie II 123
Muncie III 130
Part III
Angie and Starla III: "Who Do You Belong To?" 137
Neuroscience III: "Built to Be Social" 143
Fentanyl V: Kingpins 156
Fentanyl VI: "The Intention Is Very Deliberate" 168
Sacklers III: "A Dangerous Concentration of Risk" 173
Meth II: P2P 181
Meth III: Ephedrine's Last Gasp 188
Hardin County I 193
Hardin County II 200
Hardin County III 210
Part IV
Angie and Starla IV: "We'll Figure Out a Way" 219
Neuroscience IV: "Modern Skulls House a Stone-Age Mind" 224
Eric and Mundo I: "All of a Sudden You're Stuck" 230
Meth IV: "Just Escapes All Limits" 233
Kenton County I 244
Meth V: "There's No Way Into That Person" 258
Kenton County II 271
Sacklers IV: "The Incentives Were Tilted" 278
Kenton County III 286
Part V
Angie and Starla V: "The One to Make It Out" 295
Neuroscience V: "Craveable, Mind-Blowing Flavor" 300
Meth VI: Pimps & Tents 305
Meth VII: Colt 312
Meth VIII: Rashad 318
Sacklers V: "We Feel Absolutely Terrible" 327
Clarksburg II: "A Meth Apocalypse" 336
Clarksburg III: Saving the Despised 348
Eric and Mundo II: Leave the Drug, Gain the World 357
The Least of Us 361
Angie and Starla VI 372
Epilogue: Return to Dreamland 375
Afterword 391
Acknowledgments 400
Vocabulary 401
Notes 403