“Psy acknowledges proxy receipt, while a current doctor questions, ‘What on earth does that mean?'”
On the 28th of last month, during the ‘Psy Soak Show SUMMER SWAG 2025 – Incheon’, singer Psy was reported to be involved in an investigation regarding allegations of proxy prescriptions for psychotropic drugs. According to police and other sources, the Seoul Seodaemun Police Station is investigating Psy and a university hospital professor, A, who prescribed him medicinal drugs, on charges of violating medical laws. Evidence suggests that his manager collected medication on his behalf. While Psy’s side admits to proxy collection, they deny proxy prescription.
A current physician, identified as B, posted on social media questioning the concept of ‘proxy receipt’ versus ‘proxy prescription’, explaining that having a third party collect a prescription on behalf of someone else constitutes a proxy prescription. He remarked on inconsistencies in previous statements from Psy’s agency regarding the non-face-to-face prescription process over the years and the subsequent change in their story, pointing out that such prescription processes were legally impossible for drugs like Xanax and Stilnox.
He predicted that Psy and the prescriber could face difficulties avoiding punishment as the law strictly penalizes violations involving psychotropic substances or narcotics. Psy’s agency, P Nation, admitted the mistake of proxy collecting sleep medication but denied proxy prescriptions, emphasizing that Psy was diagnosed with chronic sleep disorders and took medication per medical guidance.
The police are investigating allegations that from 2022 to recently, Psy received prescriptions for psychotropic medications like Xanax and Stilnox from a Seoul university hospital without in-person consultations and collected them via his manager. They have since conducted a search and seizure for related medical records at the hospital.
Psychotropic substances generally require an in-person consultation with a doctor for prescriptions, and it is primarily the patient’s responsibility to collect their medication unless under special circumstances like close relatives or caregivers. Although phone-based prescriptions and proxy collections were temporarily allowed from February 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, the requirement returned to in-person consultations by November 2021.