Suspected of violating Korean pharmaceutical law
Published 21.21
“Gangnam style” singer Psy is charged in South Korea.
According to the culprits, he has received prescriptions for antidepressants without seeing a doctor.
The singer and the rapper Psy47, is facing charges on suspicion of receiving prescription drugs from a university hospital in Seoul without seeing a doctor, Korean news media reported.
It will be about the drugs Xanax and Stilnox, which are used to treat sleep disorders and anxiety and which are associated with a high risk of addiction and abuse. According to the Korean Medicines Act, the doctor must therefore meet the patient before prescribing the medicine, writes Yonhap.
“A clear error”
In addition, the artist, whose real name is Park Jae-sang, is said to have had other people, including his manager, collect the recipe for him. This over a period of three years.
The artist’s agency said in an official statement on Thursday that it “will cooperate fully with the prosecutor’s continued investigation” and has also previously admitted that “it was a clear mistake to have a manager pick up prescription sleeping pills.”
The doctor who prescribed the drugs, the manager and three others are also charged.
