Elon Musk reportedly uses drugs. There are certain managers, members of the boards of directors of his companies and other people close to the super billionaire. A consumption, that of the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, which could have consequences not only for his health but also for the six companies and the billions in assets he supervises, including X, the former Twitter.
The Wall Street Journal revealed the fears of managers and shareholders of his empire. According to testimony, Musk has used LSD, cocaine, ketamine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, often at private parties around the world, where attendees sign non-disclosure agreements or give up their cellphones to enter. In 2018, for example, he took several LSD tablets during a party held in Los Angeles.
That same year he smoked marijuana in public at the Joe Rogan show. The following year he celebrated with "magic mushrooms" at an event in Mexico. In 2021, he took ketamine recreationally with his brother, Kimbal Musk, in Miami at a house party during Art Basel. According to the WSJ, he also used illegal drugs with Steve Jurvetson, former member of the Tesla board of directors and current member of the Space
Some believe he was also under the influence of drugs when in 2018 he tweeted his plans to privatize Tesla, prompting the opening of a SEC investigation. People close to Musk assure that his drug use continues, in particular the consumption of ketamine, which he claims to take against depression even with an "off label" medical prescription. While his lawyer Alex Spiro assures that Musk is "regularly and randomly subjected to drug tests at SpaceX and has never failed one".
Illegal drug use, in addition to breaking SpaceX and Tesla policies, would likely also represent a violation of federal policies that could jeopardize SpaceX's billions of dollars in government contracts with NASA (it is the only US company authorized to transport astronauts to the ISS) and the Pentagon (which purchases rockets and uses its satellite networks).
