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@jessesingal @Shayan86 1).
„ @elonmusk and his supporters offer several explanations for his contrarian views, unfiltered speech and provocative antics. They’re an expression of his creativity. Or the result of his mental-health challenges. Or fallout from his stress, or sleep deprivation.

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk 2).
In recent years, some executives and board members at his companies and others close to the billionaire have developed a persistent concern that there is another component driving his behavior: his use of drugs.

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk 3).
And they fear the @Tesla and @SpaceX chief executive’s drug use could have major consequences not just for his health, but also the six companies and billions in assets he oversees, according to people familiar with Musk and the companies.

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk @Tesla @SpaceX 4).
The world’s wealthiest person has used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, often at private parties around the world, where attendees sign nondisclosure agreements or give up their phones to enter,

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk @Tesla @SpaceX 5).
according to people who have witnessed his drug use and others with knowledge of it. Musk has previously smoked marijuana in public and has said he has a prescription for the psychedelic-like ketamine.

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk @Tesla @SpaceX 6).
In 2018, e.g., he took multiple tabs of acid at a party he hosted in L.A. The next year he partied on magic mushrooms at an event in Mexico. In 2021, he took ketamine recreationally with his brother, Kimbal Musk, in Miami at a house party during Art Basel.

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk @Tesla @SpaceX 7).
He has taken illegal drugs with current @SpaceX and former @Tesla board member Steve Jurvetson.

People close to @elonmusk, who is now 52, said his drug use is ongoing, especially his consumption of ketamine, and that they are concerned it could cause a health crisis.

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk @Tesla @SpaceX 8).
Even if it doesn’t, it could damage his businesses.

Illegal drug use would likely be a violation of federal policies that could jeopardize SpaceX’s billions of dollars in government contracts.

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk @Tesla @SpaceX 9).
Musk is intrinsic to the value of his companies, potentially putting at risk around $1 trillion in assets held by investors, tens of thousands of jobs and big parts of the U.S. space program.

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk @Tesla @SpaceX 10).
@SpaceX is the only U.S. company now approved to transport @NASA astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk @Tesla @SpaceX @NASA 11).
The Pentagon, meanwhile, has stepped up purchases of SpaceX rocket launches in recent years, and the company has also been looking to develop a large business selling satellite services to national-security agencies.

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk @Tesla @SpaceX @NASA 12).
One former @Tesla director, Linda Johnson Rice, grew so frustrated with Musk’s volatile behavior and her concerns about his drug consumption that she didn’t stand for re-election to the electric-car company’s board in 2019, according to people familiar with the matter [1].”

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk @Tesla @SpaceX @NASA 13).
„Musk, 52, is known for not sleeping much.” In 2023, the @WSJ reported [2] „that @elonmusk microdoses ketamine for depression and takes full doses at parties.

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk @Tesla @SpaceX @NASA @WSJ 14).
In response to that article, Musk posted on social media that ketamine is a better way to deal with depression than antidepressants. He later said he had a prescription for ketamine [3].”

@jessesingal @Shayan86 @elonmusk @Tesla @SpaceX @NASA @WSJ 15).
Endnotes:

[1] Jan. 6, 2024

@WSJ archive.ph/zcAdE

[2] June 27, 2023

@WSJ archive.ph/B1nGd

Jan. 8, 2024

[3] @WSJ archive.ph/SwDXU

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