Supermarket to sell OTC will leads to drug abuse

“If the government allows supermarkets or convenience stores to sell over-the-counter drugs, this is likely to increase drug abuse, a Korean Pharmaceutical Association director Park In-choon said.

“We still need to talk about safety and we need more time,'' he said at a public hearing on services-sector reform on December 15.

He said most of countries do not allow the sales of OTCs at sup...