Reports of Elon Musk’s drug use have renewed attention to ketamine, a powerful anesthetic.
News reports detailing Elon Musk’s drug use have prompted renewed attention to ketamine, a powerful anesthetic that has become increasingly popular as a therapy for treatment-resistant depression and other mental health issues.
Mr. Musk was using ketamine regularly on the campaign trail last year, according to an article in The New York Times. He was also using MDMA and psilocybin mushrooms, The Times found.
Although Mr. Musk has acknowledged using ketamine in the past to treat depression, he rejected the new report. “I am NOT taking drugs!” he wrote last week in a social media post.
Mr. Musk left the White House last week. Since then, he and President Trump have traded barbs on social media over the president’s domestic policy bill and have mentioned government contracts with Mr. Musk’s companies and Mr. Musk’s relationship to the White House.
Mr. Trump, who was briefed on the article in The Times, has been telling associates in the last day or so that Musk’s “crazy” behavior is linked to his drug use, according to a Times report citing two people with knowledge of Mr. Trump’s private conversations. But later on Friday, Mr. Trump told reporters he did not want to comment on Mr. Musk’s drug use.
The very public feud between the two men has once again drawn unflattering attention to ketamine, a drug that has become increasingly available at legal clinics across the country. It is also used recreationally and can be dangerous when misused.
