Tech billionaire Elon Musk shared drug take a look at outcomes on Tuesday exhibiting that he examined unfavorable for ketamine after The New York Occasions reported he was utilizing medication on the 2024 marketing campaign path.
The Tesla CEO shared an image of the take a look at outcomes, which confirmed unfavorable outcomes for a number of different medication, on the social media platform X, merely captioning the publish, “lol.”
Musk continued his criticism of the Occasions and the Wall Avenue Journal, which reported final month that Tesla’s board started searching for a brand new CEO, although the Tesla chair denied the declare. The Journal reported in January 2024 about Musk’s reported drug use as nicely.
“I hereby challenge the NYT and WSJ to take drug tests and publish the results!” he wrote in one other publish, suggesting the Occasions workers take a drug take a look at. “They won’t, because those hypocrites are guilty as sin.”
He additionally shared a photograph of the Wall Avenue Journal brand, utilizing the letters “WSJ” to as a substitute say “We suck at journalism.”
“Their new name is perfect,” Musk wrote.
His posts come weeks after the Occasions article was printed, reporting that the Tesla CEO was utilizing ketamine and different medication whereas campaigning with President Trump. The Occasions reported that Musk informed individuals he used ketamine so typically that it was impacting his bladder, and that he was utilizing psychedelic mushrooms and taking ecstasy.
The Occasions additionally reported that Musk would journey on daily basis with a field containing 20 capsules, citing people who’ve seen the field and the photograph of it. A number of the capsules had been marked as Adderall.
However Musk instantly shut down the claims in Could, saying the publication was “lying their a‑‑ off.”
“To be clear, I am NOT taking drugs! The New York Times was lying their a‑‑ off,” Musk wrote in a publish on X after the report was printed. “I tried *prescription* ketamine a few years ago and said so on X, so this not even news. It helps for getting out of dark mental holes, but haven’t taken it since then.”
Musk left the White Home final month after serving as an adviser to Trump and serving to create the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE).
