Eric Patrick
Elon Musk has debunked a report that he used ketamine and other drugs extensively last year on the 2024 campaign trail.
A popular US based media, The New York Times, reported on Friday that Elon Musk used so much ketamine, a powerful anaesthetic, that he developed bladder problems.
The newspaper alleged that the billionaire also took ecstasy and mushrooms and travelled with a pill box last year, adding that it was not known whether Musk also took drugs while heading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) after Trump took power in January.
Musk took to his X handle on Saturday to deny the report.
He wrote “To be clear, I am NOT taking drugs! The New York Times was lying their ass off.
“I tried ‘prescription’ ketamine a few years ago and said so on X, so this not even news.
“It helps for getting out of dark mental holes, but haven’t taken it since then.”
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A video of Elon Musk has since gone viral on Friday, when the Tesla and SpaceX boss sported a noticeable black eye as he formally ended his role as Trump’s main cost-cutter at DOGE, which fired tens of thousands of civil servants
News of the injury drew substantial attention as it came right after the Times report on his alleged drug use.
Recalled that in January 2025, Must erratic behaviour was caught on camera, giving an enthusiastic Nazi-style salute at a rally celebrating Trump’s inauguration.
Responding to the recent injury on this side eye, Musk said he got the injury while horsing around with his young son, named X, when he told the child to hit him in the face.
“And he did. Turns out even a five-year-old punching you in the face actually is.”