'Tried Prescription Ketamine, Helps Get Out Of Dark Mental Holes': Musk On Drug Abuse Report

Last Updated:June 01, 2025, 07:55 IST

A New York Times report claimed that Elon Musk used ketamine and other drugs extensively during the 2024 campaign trail. Musk has responded to the report.

Elon Musk reacts to NYT drug abuse report (Reuters Image)

Tesla CEO and adviser to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, on Saturday (local time) denied a report claiming that he used ketamine and other drugs extensively in 2024 on the campaign trail for the US Presidential poll.

This comes a day after The New York Times reported on Friday that Musk, whose tenure as DOGE head in the Trump administration ended last month, used so much ketamine, which is a powerful anesthetic, that he developed bladder problems.

The NYT further reported that Musk also used ecstasy and mushrooms and carried a pill box while on the move last year. The report, however, said that it was unclear whether the world’s richest man used drugs while being the DOGE boss since Trump’s inauguration in January.

“To be clear, I am NOT taking drugs! The New York Times was lying their ass off," Musk said in a post on X.

“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," he added.

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