Musk Denies Ketamine Use Following New York Times Report

Elon Musk during a news conference in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30.

Photographer: Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg

Billionaire Elon Musk said that he is not using the drug ketamine, disputing a reportBloomberg Terminal by the New York Times that alleged extensive use of that and other drugs.

“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,” Musk posted on X, adding that the newspaper was “lying.”