In a bid to get ahead of this week’s controversy over Elon Musk’s reported drug abuse, SpaceX published an hour-long video of a 2017 staff meeting in which the influence of narcotics was alleged to be responsible for his “cringeworthy” behavior. “People close to Musk, who is now 52, said his drug use is ongoing, especially his consumption of ketamine,” it wrote. Unnamed sources at SpaceX cited the 2017 SpaceX meeting as one of the earliest examples of his behavior noticeably changing, and he became strangely incomprehensible, rambling on and slurring his words. Watch the full company talk with @elonmusk: pic.twitter.com/L24bWkIBTf — SpaceX (@SpaceX) January 9, 2024“After the meeting, SpaceX executives privately talked about their worries Musk was on drugs,” the Journal wrote. Musk flatly denied the Journal’s claims of narcotics abuse, saying he passed three years of random drug testing after the 2018 Rogan incident.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 10, 2024 13:50 UTC