According to WSJ's anonymous sources, Elon Musk has used ketamine, lsd, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms. Musk himself says that he has taken regular drug tests, and nothing has been found.
American billionaire Elon Musk's the use of drugs has worried the top management of the companies he leads, reports the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
Musk, 52, has used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, according to unnamed sources in the WSJ, news agency Bloomberg cites magazine. According to sources, the billionaire has often used these illegal drugs at his private parties.
Sources interviewed by the WSJ fear that Musk's drug use threatens both his health and the companies he runs.
Sources familiar with Musk told the WSJ that Musk's drug use is ongoing.
In particular, the billionaire uses ketamine, for which he has a prescription. Musk has previously said that he uses ketamine to treat depression.
Ketamine is an anesthetic used in the treatment of animals and humans. It is also used as an intoxicant because it causes hallucinations and out-of-body experiences.
Musk is the CEO of the electric car company Tesla and the space company Space X. He is maintained by Bloomberg billionaire listing according to the richest person in the world.
Musk has publicly smoked cannabis Joe Rogan's podcast in September 2018. The public outcry led to a review of his security clearance by the US Department of Defense. The classification relates to Space X, which is authorized to launch spy satellites.
On Sunday, Musk said in his post on the messaging service X that after the podcast, he regularly took a drug test for three years. According to Musk, the tests found no signs of even small amounts of drugs or alcohol.
Musk's lawyer Alex Spiro told the WSJ that Musk is tested for drugs regularly and randomly aboard Space X, and that he has never failed a drug test. According to Spiro, there are errors in the WSJ story, but he did not identify them.
According to the WSJ, a member of the Tesla board Linda Johnson Rice was not available in 2019 for another term on the board after two years, because he was frustrated with Musk's behavior and worried about his drug use.
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