The tycoon acknowledged taking ketamine “every two weeks” and argued: “For investors, if there’s something I’m taking, I should keep taking it.”
The tycoon Elon Musk He made a controversial statement today regarding drug use. According to the owner of X, ketamine is beneficial for Tesla investors and assured that helps you manage a “negative chemical state” similar to depression.
Musk explained that he has a ketamine prescription and calculated that it takes “a small amount every two weeks“.
This statement came in the middle of an interview with former CNN anchor Don Lemon, who had asked who Musk’s ketamine prescription was for, and if he was ever worried “that this can get in the way of your government contracts and authorizations and Wall Street“.
“From the point of view of Wall Street, what matters is the execution“, said Musk, who runs the automaker, the rocket company SpaceX and social media platform X. The tycoon emphasized that Tesla is worth as much as the rest of the auto industry combined.
“For investors, if there’s something I’m taking, I should keep taking it“he remarked.
Concern about Elon Musk and drug use?
An investigation of Wall Street Journal published in January stated that Musk had used drugs such as LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushroomswhich worried executives and members of the board of directors of their companies.
The report raised the concern that illegal drug use was likely a violation of federal policies that could jeopardize government contracts SpaceX.
The Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that a Tesla director decided not to run for board re-election in 2019 because of Musk’s drug behavior.
Musk himself came out to clarify that agreed to three years of random drug testing at the request of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. “Not even traces of drugs or alcohol were found”said the businessman.
Source: Ambito
