““If drugs actually helped improve my net productivity over time, I would definitely take them!””
— Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, on X
That was businessman and inventor Elon Musk responding on his X platform, to an article by The Wall Street Journal that discussed alleged illegal drug use by the Tesla CEO. Shares of Tesla
TSLA,
-0.18%
fell around 1% in premarket trading, against the backdrop of weaker overall markets.
Citing sources, the article that published on Saturday said Musk had used cocaine, ketamine, psychedelic mushrooms and other substances, and that some board members were worried about potential problems for his health and the empire he watches over. Musk responded to one X user whose mother told him about Italian news stations reporting nonstop about the drug allegations. The billionaire cracked that meanwhile, he was successfully leading “Tesla to be the world’s most valuable car company” and SpaceX “the most valuable space company.” “Whatever I’m doing, I should just keep doing it,” he said.
Musk didn’t respond to The Wall Street Journal story at the time of reporting, but the article quoted his attorney Alex Spiro, who said the executive had been “regularly and randomly drug tested at SpaceX and has never failed a test.” Spiro also said the story contained “other false facts,” without providing details. Another X user joked that he would “have whatever you’re having! Who’s your dealer? lol.” “If drugs actually helped improve my net productivity over time, I would definitely take them!” Musk responded. The wor …
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““If drugs actually helped improve my net productivity over time, I would definitely take them!””
— Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, on X
That was businessman and inventor Elon Musk responding on his X platform, to an article by The Wall Street Journal that discussed alleged illegal drug use by the Tesla CEO. Shares of Tesla
TSLA,
-0.18%
fell around 1% in premarket trading, against the backdrop of weaker overall markets.
Citing sources, the article that published on Saturday said Musk had used cocaine, ketamine, psychedelic mushrooms and other substances, and that some board members were worried about potential problems for his health and the empire he watches over. Musk responded to one X user whose mother told him about Italian news stations reporting nonstop about the drug allegations. The billionaire cracked that meanwhile, he was successfully leading “Tesla to be the world’s most valuable car company” and SpaceX “the most valuable space company.” “Whatever I’m doing, I should just keep doing it,” he said.
Musk didn’t respond to The Wall Street Journal story at the time of reporting, but the article quoted his attorney Alex Spiro, who said the executive had been “regularly and randomly drug tested at SpaceX and has never failed a test.” Spiro also said the story contained “other false facts,” without providing details. Another X user joked that he would “have whatever you’re having! Who’s your dealer? lol.” “If drugs actually helped improve my net productivity over time, I would definitely take them!” Musk responded. The wor …nnDiscussion:nn” ai_name=”RocketNews AI: ” start_sentence=”Can I tell you more about this article?” text_input_placeholder=”Type ‘Yes'”]