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Elon Musk's company directors feel an 'expectation' to use drugs with him to avoid upsetting the billionaire, report say
Elon Musk's company directors feel an 'expectation' to use drugs with him to avoid upsetting the billionaire, report says
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-company-directors-drug-use-report-wsj-2024-2
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
Feb 3, 2024, 10:21 PM CST
Elon Musk uses drugs with board members of his companies, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Directors of Elon Musk's companies feel an "expectation" to use drugs with him, per The Journal.
Financial ties to Musk's companies keep them from saying no or speaking out, The Journal reported.
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The "volume" of Musk's drug use has created a culture wherein his closest business associates fear losing their wealth and social status by upsetting the billionaire if they refuse to use drugs with him, The Journal reported.
Musk, his lawyer Alex Spiro, and representatives for Tesla and SpaceX did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
Following a January 6 report by The Journal that detailed that the 52-year-old has used cocaine, LSD, ecstasy, and magic mushrooms over the years, Musk said in a post on X: "Whatever I'm doing, I should obviously keep doing it!"
Following the January report, which could potentially jeopardize Musk's security clearance as well as the billions of dollars of government contracts enjoyed by SpaceX as a defense contractor due to federal regulations on drug use, NASA said in a statement: "The agency does not have evidence of noncompliance from SpaceX on how the company addresses the drug- and alcohol-free workforce regulations."................................
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Elon Musk's company directors feel an 'expectation' to use drugs with him to avoid upsetting the billionaire, report say (Original Post)
riversedge
Feb 4
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pwb
(11,276 posts)1. And their regular workers get piss tested
and get fired if it is positive. Fuck the wealth class they are all assholes. IMO.
tanyev
(42,571 posts)2. And if Elon jumped off a cliff, would they do it too?
bucolic_frolic
(43,190 posts)3. No wonder they make such outstanding executive compensation decisions
They're all coked when they sign off on it!