Of course, no, cause only Eddie knows that Vernon couldn't cook and finds the drugs in the oven, right before the police comes.
After this his life changes completely and even seems to become wondrful: he puts up with his girlfriend, finds new friends, where he becomes the centre of the company. Suddenly, he comes to realization what he hs to do.
 He decides to work with actions, but to start up an enormous sum of money is needed. He gets 100 thousand dollars from some kind of criminal. But hadn't he better stop?

... next day after understanding that the effect disappered, he goes to his brother-in-law to get more so called medicine. When Vernon opens the door Eddie notices cut and bruises on Vernon's head. Vernon says at last that it's really drugs, but not medicine that "guys from the kitchen" call NZT. But Eddie doesn't mind he extremly needs this pills. Vernon gives some little orders to Morra, such as... buy some food. 

 When he returns he finds Vernon killed and his flat turned upside down. Eddie realizes that killer or killers  wanted to find NZT, but did they really manage to do this?

the plot of the first several chapters

Edward Morra, who is better known as Eddie among his so called friends, is an American writer. He lives in NEW YORK CITY. He is about to meet the deadline to turn in his new book, but he has a problem-he didn't even start to write it.

One day he meets his ex-wife's brother, who's name is Vernon. In his teens Vernon was a kind of drug dealer.

After a long and awkward conversation Vernon tells that he has a medicine, that has already passed all the tests and about to appear on the drug store's shelfs. He insists that this medicine will help Eddie to overcome all the difficulties he has with his book. After thinking a little Eddie swallows this pill and starts to see the world in a different way, having come home he finishes his book in one day and hands it in much earlier the daedline....