🛰️ January 07, 2024: NDTV > In 2018, Mr Musk landed in trouble with NASA after he was seen consuming marijuana on the Joe Rogan Show.

Edited by Anoushka Sharma
Updated: January 07, 2024 12:36 pm IST
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This raised concerns about Mr Musk’s behaviour’s effect on the company and led to random drug tests of SpaceX personnel.

It is to be noted that any form of illegal drug usage would violate corporate regulations at both SpaceX and Tesla, in addition to breaking federal contracts. It would also cast doubt on Musk’s leadership role at the publicly listed Tesla, where the board is tasked with monitoring management on behalf of shareholders. Many Tesla board members have expressed their worries to one another about the CEO’s alleged drug usage, but they haven’t made any comments that would be included in meeting minutes or on the board’s official agenda. Certain directors, such as Robyn Denholm, the current chair of the Tesla board, have approached Kimbal Musk, a board member of both Tesla and SpaceX until early 2022, seeking assistance over Musk’s conduct, without resorting to using the word “drugs,” as per the report.

Executives are yet to identify the reason for Mr Musk’s unusual behaviour including his 2018 tweet about plans to make Tesla private or when he choked up describing how difficult his year had been. Some attribute it to the use of drugs while others say that it is his chronic lack of sleep, which the billionaire has been vocal about.

Mr Musk on several occasions has stated that he regularly slept at Tesla and X offices and would email company executives in the middle of the night. He added that he works almost non-stop and “vacation”, for him is “a strong word”.

Author Walter Isaacson characterised Mr Musk’s “demon mode” in a recently published official biography of the billionaire. He said that Elon Musk would often lose his temper and strike out at executives and staff. Mr Musk is cited as saying, “I really don’t like doing illegal drugs,” in the book.
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