Elon Musk Admits to Taking Ketamine, Says Using the Substance Is Good for His Investors

In an interview with former CNN anchor Don Lemon posted on Monday, Elon Musk confirmed that he has a ketamine prescription, adding that it serves the best interests of investors in Tesla Inc. When asked about his…

IJR SyndicatedMar 20, 20243 min read

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He noted that he only consumes a small quantity of ketamine every other week, and there are often several weeks where he doesn’t use it at all.

“From the standpoint of Wall Street, what matters is execution,” Musk argued, adding that “Tesla is worth about as much as the rest of the car industry combined.”

“From an investor standpoint, if there is something I’m taking, I should keep taking it.”

According to a Wall Street Journal article published in January, executives within Tesla and SpaceX had become worried about Musk’s recreational drug use.

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According to Reuters, it was reported that Musk had allegedly used Drugs such as LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, and psychedelic mushrooms.

The Journal report also raised concerns that Musk’s alleged illegal drug use could potentially violate federal policies, posing a risk to SpaceX’s government contracts.

In response to the Wall Street Journal report Musk stated that he had agreed to undergo three years of random drug testing at the request of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a partner of SpaceX, and no traces of Drugs or alcohol were found during these tests.

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According to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, while ketamine is known as a horse tranquilizer and has been misused as a dissociative drug, it is also an approved medical product that is currently being utilized in clinical and psychiatric settings.

Physicians have the authority to prescribe ketamine for pain management and depression treatment. At higher doses, the drug functions as a sedative.

Lemon stated last week that Musk terminated an exclusive partnership “The Don Lemon Show” had with the platform X.

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“His approach was basically just CNN, but on social media, which doesn’t work,” Musk posted on X.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.