Senior executives at several companies run by Elon Musk are worried about the billionaire’s habit of openily using drugs at workplace.
Musk’s drug prompted the executives and board members at businesses he runs to talk about his habit, albeit secretly to the media.
According to Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk has used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, often at private parties but sometimes at workplace.
Sources close to the tycoon told the journal that Musk’s drug use is ongoing, and that in particular he’s consuming ketamine.
Elon Musk himself said in August he has a prescription to use the drug as an antidepressant.
After Musk puffed on a blunt containing marijuana on Joe Rogan’s podcast in September 2018, the Pentagon reviewed the federal security clearance tied to his role as CEO of Space Exploration Technologies Corp., which is certified to launch military spy satellites, Bloomberg News first reported in March 2019.
“After that one puff with Rogan, I agreed, at NASA’s request, to do 3 years of random drug testing,” Musk posted Sunday on X.
“Not even trace quantities were found of any drugs or alcohol,” he added.
Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro told Wall Street Journal that he is regularly and randomly drug tested at SpaceX and has never failed a test, and further referred media reports as false
Musk oversees six companies: Tesla, SpaceX and X (formerly Twitter), tunneling venture The Boring Co.; brain implant developer Neuralink; and artificial intelligence startup xAI.
He is currently ranked as the richest person on earth with a $219.4 billion net worth.
