The magnate Elon Musk consumed ketamine, ecstasy, and psychedelic mushrooms while participating in Donald Trump’s election campaign, according to The New York Times (NYT) this Friday.
The newspaper indicates that the drug use of the CEO of Tesla “went far beyond the occasional” and that Musk took so much ketamine -a potent anesthetic with psychedelic properties and can cause dissociation from reality-, that it affected his bladder, an effect known from chronic use, according to the media.
In the United States, ketamine is only approved as an anesthetic in medical procedures and can be prescribed for psychiatric disorders such as depression or anxiety.Musk said in a 2017 post that he had had “major ups and downs, terrible lows and constant stress” and noted in a subsequent 2024 interview that he takes “a small amount” of ketamine, approximately once every two weeks, as a prescribed treatment for depression.
The risks of this medication became very evident in the North American country following the death of actor Matthew Perry, known for his role in the series ‘Friends’.
The NYT also highlights that Musk was traveling with a medication box containing about 20 pills, including some with the Adderall brand – a stimulant used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. However, the newspaper points out that “it is not clear” if Musk, 53, continued this drug use once Trump arrived at the White House and appointed him as a figure in his cabinet with the task of ‘slimming down’ the administration.This week, Musk announced his departure from the Government after expressing “disappointment” with the Republican’s fiscal and budgetary megaproject, which he considered “undermines” his work as an efficiency advisor.
