it House News on January 7, according to the latest report from the Wall Street Journal, former Tesla director Linda Johnson Rice chose not to be re-elected to the company in 2019 due to concerns about Elon Musk’s drug abuse and unpredictable behavior. Member of the board.
The Wall Street Journal stated that according to people who witnessed Musk taking drugs and other people familiar with the matter, Musk often smoked cocaine, ecstasy and other drugs at private parties around the world, and participants had to sign confidentiality agreements or hand over their mobile phones to enter. field.
Rice, who served as a Tesla director from 2017 to 2019, reportedly expressed concerns about Musk's drug use to other board members on multiple occasions and informally asked the board whether it should investigate.
The Wall Street Journal's in-depth report details how executives at Musk's companies have dealt with his drug use and his often surprising public statements and actions. According to reports, some current Tesla directors have sought help from Musk's younger brother, Kimball Musk, but they have carefully avoided directly mentioning the word "drug abuse." The
report also noted that there was speculation that Musk may have been under the influence of drugs when he tweeted in 2018 that he had the funds to take Tesla private ($420 per share). This tweet caused Tesla's stock price to surge 6% the next day, triggering an investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, and Musk was eventually fined US$40 million (it House note: currently about 286 million yuan), although he did not No wrongdoing was admitted.
Musk has told biographer Walter Isaacson that he "really" doesn't like taking illegal drugs, but he has also admitted that he has experimented with ketamine microdosing and been witnessed using the drug recreationally. He has also publicly stated that taking ketamine occasionally is "better" than using selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors to treat depression. In addition, he once smoked marijuana on Joe Rogan's podcast, which led to NASA's safety review of SpaceX. Musk said that the result of the review was that the entire company's employees would need to undergo a one-year drug test.
reported that Musk did not respond to a request for comment. Alex Spiro, a lawyer working for Musk, said that Musk "regularly undergoes drug testing at SpaceX and has never failed a test." In response to detailed questions, he added that there were "other false narratives" in the Journal report, without elaborating.
