Elon Musk’s drug use is causing concern among executives and board members at the companies he runs, according to the Wall Street Journal. According to the report, Elon Musk’s drug use is ongoing, and he is consuming ketamine, according to unidentified people familiar with the billionaire and the companies. Elon Musk revealed in August of last year that he has a prescription for the drug to be used as an antidepressant.
Elon Musk was publicly seen using marijuana with podcaster Joe Rogan in September 2018
According to the report, Elon Musk has used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, and psychedelic mushrooms at private parties. As he referred to “false facts” in the article, the billionaire’s lawyer told the newspaper that his client is “regularly and randomly drug tested at SpaceX and has never failed a test.”
Elon Musk was publicly seen using marijuana with podcaster Joe Rogan in September 2018, prompting the Pentagon to review his federal security clearance as CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., according to reports.
Elon Musk responded to the article on X (formerly Twitter), saying, “After that one puff with Rogan, I agreed, at NASA’s request, to do three years of random drug testing.” “No drugs or alcohol were found in even trace amounts.”
According to the report, Linda Johnson Rice, who became a Tesla director in 2017, did not run for reelection due to her dissatisfaction with Elon Musk’s behavior and drug use.
Elon Musk is the CEO of six companies: Tesla, SpaceX, and X, formerly known as Twitter; The Boring Company, a tunneling venture; Neuralink, a brain implant developer; and xAI, an artificial intelligence startup.