On the evening of January 7, #Musk was exposed as taking drugs# topped the trending search list.
The Wall Street Journal of the United States quoted witnesses and people familiar with the matter on January 6 as saying that Musk, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur who owns six companies including Tesla and SpaceX, is believed to have illegally abused drugs, including LSD, cocaine, and ecstasy. , "psychedelic mushrooms" and ketamine (commonly known as "K powder"), etc. This has caused concern among some executives and board members. Musk's lawyers denied this, and Musk himself responded.
"Wall Street Journal": Elon Musk's drug use has caused concerns among senior executives of Tesla and SpaceX.
Musk's long-term drug abuse has been revealed.
It may jeopardize his company's multi-billion dollar contracts.
The Wall Street Journal said that Musk was seen taking drugs. According to people and other people familiar with the matter, Musk often smokes cocaine, ecstasy and other drugs at private parties around the world, and participants have to sign confidentiality agreements or hand over their mobile phones to enter. According to reports, Musk has smoked marijuana in public before.
reported that people close to Musk revealed that Musk has been taking drugs for a long time, especially ketamine (k powder). The Wall Street Journal disclosed in June last year that Musk took a sufficient dose of ketamine as a recreational activity at a party. People familiar with his drug use said Musk and his brother Kimball often attended the same parties and events, including a party at the Art Basel Fair in Miami in late 2021, when both took ketamine. .
People close to Musk revealed that they are worried that this will trigger a health crisis for Musk and also cause damage to the six companies and billions of assets he oversees. The Wall Street Journal pointed out that the illegal use of drugs is likely to violate U.S. federal policy, thereby jeopardizing SpaceX’s more than $14 billion in civilian and military space mission contracts with the U.S. government.
Musk's lawyer denied that
executives privately expressed concerns
Musk did not respond to a request for comment,
reported. Alex Spiro, a lawyer working for Musk, said 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.
The Wall Street Journal said that according to people familiar with the matter, Linda Johnson Rice, a former director of Tesla, was worried about Musk’s drug use. Musk’s changeable behavior and this concern made her very frustrated, so She did not run for re-election to Tesla's board of directors in 2019.
According to reports, some SpaceX executives who have worked with Musk for a long time still felt that something was wrong with him at a company event in late 2017. At that time, Musk was nearly an hour late for a company-wide meeting attended by hundreds of people. He was still slurred when he took the stage to speak. He repeatedly called the "big falcon rocket" during his 15-minute speech. In order to "big f-ing rocket", SpaceX President Shotwell finally had to step in and take over the meeting. It’s unclear whether Musk was under the influence of drugs at the time, but after the meeting, SpaceX executives privately discussed their concerns about Musk’s illegal drug use.
In response, Musk personally refuted the rumors in a post, stating that he had conducted random drug tests for three years in accordance with NASA's requirements and had never found any trace amounts of drugs or alcohol. At the same time, Musk also said that (the Wall Street Journal, the media that published the report on Musk’s drug use) does not ration birds as toilet paper.
Source | Comprehensive Global Network, Observer Network, Upstream News
