it House February 5 news, according to the latest report from the Wall Street Journal, Elon Musk has created a culture of "peer pressure" among friends and business associates, encouraging them to use drugs with him. The report details how board members and executives at various companies owned by Musk participated in or facilitated his drug use in order to maintain close relationships with the billionaire. The
report quoted witnesses and people familiar with the matter as saying that in recent years at parties, Musk has been caught recreationally using ketamine through a nasal spray and drinking liquid ecstasy from a water bottle. The
report also noted that some current and former Tesla and SpaceX board members have also used drugs with Musk, some of whom have invested tens of millions of dollars in his companies or have substantial stock options tied to their positions.
reports that Musk's "extensive" drug use has created a culture in which his closest business associates fear losing their wealth and social status by offending the billionaire by refusing to use drugs with them.
In response to this, Musk responded to a netizen’s ridicule on the x platform, suggesting that the media was spreading rumors, and posted a post criticizing the New York Times.
it House noticed that on January 6 this year, the Wall Street Journal reported that Musk had used cocaine, LSD, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms for many years. Afterwards, Musk posted on the x platform: "No matter what I do, Obviously I should just keep doing it!"
The report could jeopardize Musk's security clearance and the billions of dollars in government contracts SpaceX enjoys as a defense contractor because federal regulations prohibit drug use. NASA said in a statement: "The agency has no evidence that SpaceX has not complied with regulations on how companies handle drug- and alcohol-free workplaces."
The Wall Street Journal reported that a former Tesla director was very concerned about Musk's drug use Musk's drug use has been the focus of recent controversy, after she chose not to run for Tesla's board of directors again after such unpredictable behavior.
In response, Musk refuted the rumors on x and said 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. Later, Musk responded to the media by writing, "After taking a puff on Rogan's show, I agreed to undergo a three-year random drug test in accordance with NASA's requirements, and no trace amounts of drugs or alcohol were ever found. The Wall Street Journal is not worthy enough to use as toilet paper for a bird in a parrot cage."
