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Fernando Caudevilla: Spanish doctor advises drug users on the dark web's Silk Road
Date
October 20, 2014 - 11:45PM
Eileen Ormsby
Family physician and illicit drugs expert Dr Fernando Caudevilla has taken doctor-patient confidence to a whole new level. For the past 18 months, 40-year-old Caudevilla has donated his spare time providing tailored harm-reduction advice to users of the illicit drug markets on the so-called dark web
Under the pseudonym "DoctorX", he has been most active on the now-notorious Silk Road website.
Silk Road is a marketplace where drug users can order any illegal drug they like, from cannabis to heroin, which is then delivered by regular post. Although the site shut down briefly when its alleged founder was arrested in October last year, it was soon reopened by the administrators of the former site and is more active than ever.
"I would like to contribute to this forum offering professional advice in topics related to drug use and health," Caudevilla, wrote on the Silk Road discussion forum in April 2013.
The response was overwhelming. The doctor was inundated with questions about drug interactions, risks of use in people with specific medical conditions, dosage levels, adverse effects and toxicity. Users asked about enhancing sexual experiences with ecstasy, alleviating cancer-related pain with cannabis and how to store psychedelics to ensure their longevity.
Caudevilla, who lives in Spain, answered them all. Well, nearly all. "I was asked once about the dose or combination of benzodiazepines to knock out a person without his knowledge and I would not answer a question like this," he says.
"Questions about drug dosage for suicide are also delicate. I think people should have rights to decide about their own death in some circumstances but I do not think an internet forum is an adequate tool for this."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/fern...-silk-road-20141020-118lfi.html#ixzz3GkVGGX6h
Date
October 20, 2014 - 11:45PM
Eileen Ormsby
Family physician and illicit drugs expert Dr Fernando Caudevilla has taken doctor-patient confidence to a whole new level. For the past 18 months, 40-year-old Caudevilla has donated his spare time providing tailored harm-reduction advice to users of the illicit drug markets on the so-called dark web
Under the pseudonym "DoctorX", he has been most active on the now-notorious Silk Road website.
Silk Road is a marketplace where drug users can order any illegal drug they like, from cannabis to heroin, which is then delivered by regular post. Although the site shut down briefly when its alleged founder was arrested in October last year, it was soon reopened by the administrators of the former site and is more active than ever.
"I would like to contribute to this forum offering professional advice in topics related to drug use and health," Caudevilla, wrote on the Silk Road discussion forum in April 2013.
The response was overwhelming. The doctor was inundated with questions about drug interactions, risks of use in people with specific medical conditions, dosage levels, adverse effects and toxicity. Users asked about enhancing sexual experiences with ecstasy, alleviating cancer-related pain with cannabis and how to store psychedelics to ensure their longevity.
Caudevilla, who lives in Spain, answered them all. Well, nearly all. "I was asked once about the dose or combination of benzodiazepines to knock out a person without his knowledge and I would not answer a question like this," he says.
"Questions about drug dosage for suicide are also delicate. I think people should have rights to decide about their own death in some circumstances but I do not think an internet forum is an adequate tool for this."
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/fern...-silk-road-20141020-118lfi.html#ixzz3GkVGGX6h
