CEO Elon Musk said his ketamine prescription was beneficial to Tesla investors in a video interview with former CNN anchor Don Lemon posted online Monday.
Mr. Musk canceled the partnership shortly after the interview, and Mr. Lemon’s list of outrageous demands was revealed exclusively to the Post, but in an interview this month that also touched on politics, he revealed that the drug was similar to depression. He said it helps him manage his “negative chemical conditions”. , X and Tesla content moderation.
“From a Wall Street perspective, it’s all about execution,” said Musk, who runs automakers, rocket company SpaceX and social media platform X. Musk argued that Tesla is worth as much as the rest of the auto industry combined.
“For investors, if there’s something I’m taking, I should continue to take it.”
a Wall Street Journal survey results released in January Musk said he had been using drugs including LSD, cocaine, ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, which worried company executives and directors.
The report raised concerns that the use of illegal drugs likely violates federal policy and could jeopardize government contracts with SpaceX.
Citing people familiar with the matter, the paper reported that one Tesla board member was so dissatisfied with Musk’s actions that he did not stand for re-election to the board in 2019.
In January, Musk said in response to a Journal report on X that he had agreed to three years of random drug testing at the request of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which partners with SpaceX. “No trace amounts of drugs or alcohol were detected.” Mr. Musk said..
Musk told Lemon that his doctor had prescribed him ketamine. The billionaire estimated he was taking “a small amount every other week.”
His comments asked what the purpose of Musk’s ketamine prescription was and whether he was ever worried that “this could jeopardize government contracts and approvals and also Wall Street.” It was a reply to Mr. Lemon.
Lemon posted the interview to YouTube and X last week after Musk said he was terminating “The Don Lemon Show”‘s exclusive partnership with X.
Lemon was scheduled to air three half-hour episodes a week on X. “His approach was basically just CNN and social media, and that didn’t work,” Musk posted on X.
Musk did not respond to a request for comment from Reuters.
