A YouTuber and internet broadcaster with about 700,000 subscribers is under police investigation on suspicion of obtaining sleeping pills through a proxy prescription.
According to the Gangnam Police Station in Seoul on the 27th, an internet broadcaster, a person surnamed Park (37), was booked without detention on suspicion of violating the Act on the Control of Narcotics, Etc. (psychotropics) on the 30th of last month and police are currently investigating.
Park is suspected of having acquaintances obtain proxy prescriptions for psychotropic medications, including sleeping pills, and taking them.
Under the current Medical Service Act, in principle, only patients who are directly examined by a doctor may receive a prescription. Proxy prescriptions are limited to cases where the patient is unconscious, has significant difficulty moving, and has long received the same prescription for the same condition, among other narrow exceptions.
Depending on the prescribed drug, whether the Narcotics Control Act was violated could also be at issue. Under Article 4, Paragraph 1 of the Narcotics Control Act, in principle, a person who is not authorized to handle narcotics is prohibited from possessing or using psychotropic medications, or exchanging or providing them with others.
Park began internet broadcasting in 2012 and is known to have about 700,000 YouTube subscribers now.