![]() ![]() Mr Musk has espoused the benefits of ketamine in the past. Steve Jobs was open about his use of LSD, while Justin Zhu, the co-founder of marketing start-up Iterable, was fired as chief executive in 2021 for microdosing at work. Microdosing – taking small amounts of a substance such as ketamine or LSD – is regularly promoted in Silicon Valley as a way to improve productivity or creativity or treat depression and anxiety. Mr Musk has told people he “microdoses” the substance, according to the report. Ketamine, widely known as a party drug, has exploded in use in recent years and more people are using the substance to treat depression, with clinics springing up around US cities. Mr Musk and SpaceX employees were subjected to regular drug tests after the incident, he has said. The drug is legally sold in California, but federally illegal, raising questions about his rocket company SpaceX’s contracts with Nasa. Mr Musk has previously faced scrutiny after smoking marijuana on a podcast in 2018. Ketamine is a controlled substance in the US and can only be legally administered by injection at a doctor’s office or clinic, largely as an anaesthetic. Mr Musk has previously called for psychedelics and ketamine to be promoted as an alternative to prescribed antidepressants, alongside many Silicon Valley supporters of the drug. The world’s richest person also takes doses of the psychedelic-like substance at parties, witnesses told the Wall Street Journal. Elon Musk has told friends that he takes the drug ketamine to manage depression, according to a report. ![]()
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