[Thebaddog]

This doesn't smell right. Google Dioxin and it doesn't come up like a fast acting poison.

[ubaldus]

It is possible that the dose was not meant to kill him, just incapacitate for several months and take him out of the running.

Some dioxins are fast-acting.

[hail to the chief]

Dioxins and furans are some of the most toxic chemicals known to science.

http://www.ejnet.org/dioxin/