Elon Musk’s drug use concerned his partners and members of the company’s board of directors so much that They asked him to go to rehab and even take time off from work to detox from various substance use, such as LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, and ketamine, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal.
A close friend of Musk, former Tesla chief Larry Ellison, also a billionaire co-founder of Oracle, proposed Musk to travel to Hawaii during the winter of 2022 to “relax from work and give up drugs,” the outlet reports, citing people familiar with the matter. Ellison’s proposal came amid the growing concern among Musk’s friends and associates that Musk’s drug use was getting worse according to The Journal.
At a party in the Hollywood Hills that took place around the time of Ellison’s offer, one person who attended the event said Musk drank ecstasy in “liquid form” from a water bottle after their security officials cleared the area to guarantee their privacy.
The Wall Street Journal It also notes that the “volume” of Musk’s drug use has contributed to a culture of peer pressure among his friends and the directors of his various companies, generated an “expectation” that they would take the same substances with him to maintain social status earned by being close to the billionaire.
Musk, Ellison and their attorneys, Alex Spiro and Christopher Muzzi, did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Business Insider.
Musk, who is apparently one of several Silicon Valley executives testing psychedelics like ketamine, he has also used LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, and magic mushrooms, according to the extensive report by The Wall Street Journal.
Drug use that goes back years
Despite proclaiming that “he doesn’t like taking illegal drugs,” Musk’s drug use has already put him and his companies on notice.
After he smoked marijuana on an episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast, NASA forced SpaceX to commit in writing to following federal guidelines on drug use in the workplace. The company spent 5 million taxpayer dollars to properly train its employees on said regulations, he says. The Wall Street Journal.
The billionaire also shared on X that have a prescription for ketamine, which recent research has suggested can be used to treat depression.
Experts previously told Business Insider that combination of hard drugs whose consumption Musk has been using for several years carries several high health risks, especially at his age of 52.
Among the consequences, they could suffer irregular heartbeats or arrhythmias, incontinence, and psychosis if the user suffers from bipolar disorder, something that, according to CNBC Musk once suggested to his Twitter followers in 2017.