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Elon Musk fires back at drug allegations with clean test results

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20.06.2025

Elon Musk has again found himself at the center of media controversy, this time in response to allegations by The New York Times that he has been regularly consuming a “cocktail of substances,” including powerful illicit drugs and psychedelics. In a public rebuttal that reflects both his defiant persona and his mastery of media engagement, Musk published a drug test report from a certified laboratory showing negative results for a wide range of substances, aiming to dispel mounting rumors and accusations about his mental state and executive fitness.

The test, administered by the US Drug Testing Laboratories and shared via Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) account on June 17, returned negative results for amphetamines, benzodiazepines, cocaine, opioids, marijuana, barbiturates, and a range of other drugs. Musk attached the report with a characteristically dismissive caption: “lol.” The message was clear-he considers the allegations not only baseless but laughable.

The recent accusations stem from a New York Times article published late last month, which claimed that Musk had been using a variety of drugs while advising former President Donald Trump. The outlet, citing unnamed sources “familiar with the matter,” claimed the Tesla and SpaceX CEO had indulged in LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, and psychedelic mushrooms, while also reportedly consuming so much........

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