{"id":171518,"date":"2025-05-30T15:27:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/elon-musk-accused-of-rampant-use-of-ketamine-ecstasy-psychedelic-mushrooms-during-time-on-trump-campaign\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T15:27:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:27:47","slug":"elon-musk-accused-of-rampant-use-of-ketamine-ecstasy-psychedelic-mushrooms-during-time-on-trump-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/elon-musk-accused-of-rampant-use-of-ketamine-ecstasy-psychedelic-mushrooms-during-time-on-trump-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Accused of Rampant Use of Ketamine, Ecstasy, Psychedelic Mushrooms During Time on Trump Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Move over, Hunter S. Thompson!<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new (alleged) illicit substance enthusiast storming America\u2019s campaign trails, and he\u2019s (allegedly) been loading himself up with more mind-altering chemicals than the lost-and-found box at a Phish concert.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, according to a new report from the <em>New York Times<\/em>, Elon Musk was \u201cusing drugs far more intensely than previously known\u201d during his time with Donald Trump\u2019s 2024 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892852-1024x700.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.  \" class=\"wp-image-526711 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892852-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892852-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892852-768x525.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892852-2048x1400.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892852-960x656.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892852-1080x738.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892852-1200x820.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892852-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Britta Pedersen-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-musk-s-was-doing-drugs-daily-experienced-issues-with-bladder-insiders-claim\">Musk\u2019s was doing drugs \u2018daily,\u2019 experienced issues with bladder, insiders claim<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cMr. Musk\u2019s drug consumption went well beyond occasional use. He told people he was taking so much ketamine, a powerful anesthetic, that it was affecting his bladder, a known effect of chronic use,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/30\/us\/elon-musk-drugs-children-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the <em>Times<\/em><\/a> reported today, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe took Ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms. And he traveled with a daily medication box that held about 20 pills, including ones with the markings of the stimulant Adderall, according to a photo of the box and people who have seen it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports of Musk serving as the Trump campaign\u2019s answer to Keith Richards come as the billionaire attempts to distance himself from the world of politics following his unsuccessful efforts to root out fraud and slash spending in the federal government.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk arrives to speak during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.\" class=\"wp-image-526709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk arrives to speak during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.\" class=\"wp-image-526709 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2194949556-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk arrives to speak during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Christopher Furlong\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But he might find it difficult to shake off the stench of his DOGE failure amid failed promises to unearth massive corruption, and a new budget bill that will significantly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/elon-musk-disappointed-by-trump-big-beautiful-bill-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>increase<\/em> the deficit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-unclear-if-musk-was-high-during-doge-efforts\">\u2018Unclear\u2019 if Musk was high during DOGE efforts<\/h2>\n<p>The <em>Times<\/em> says that it\u2019s currently \u201cunclear\u201d if Musk continued his daily drug intake once Trump was elected and he was given a position in the administration.<\/p>\n<p>The paper notes, however, that in recent months, Musk \u201chas exhibited erratic behavior, insulting cabinet members, gesturing like a Nazi and garbling his answers in a staged interview.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This coincided with a tumultuous period in the Tesla CEO\u2019s personal life, during which the public learned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/04\/ashley-st-clair-elon-musk-baby-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Musk had more baby mamas<\/a> than previously thought, and at least one of them intended to sue him for child support.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.  \" class=\"wp-image-526710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-2048x1425.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-960x668.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-1080x751.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-1200x835.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-1024x712.jpg\" alt=\"SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.  \" class=\"wp-image-526710 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-1024x712.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-768x534.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-2048x1425.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-960x668.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-1080x751.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-1200x835.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-1229892421-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 01, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.  <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Britta Pedersen-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSome people who knew him worried about his frequent drug use, mood swings and fixation on having more children,\u201d the <em>Times<\/em> wrote of Musk\u2019s brief but eventful stint with the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, Musk has opened up about his mental health issues \u2014 describing, in one interview, \u201cgreat highs, terrible lows and unrelenting stress\u201d \u2014 which he treated with a \u201csmall amount\u201d of ketamine on a bi-weekly basis.<\/p>\n<p>A powerful anesthetic initially developed as a pharmaceutical alternative to PCP, ketamine has made headlines in recent years due to its increasing popularity as a recreational drug and its role in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/02\/matthew-perry-received-27-shots-of-ketamine-in-the-days-before-his-death-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">death of <em>Friends<\/em> star Matthew Perry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We obviously can\u2019t confirm or deny any of the claims made in today\u2019s bombshell report, but some of the details would go a long way toward explaining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G3fWTlBY78M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Musk\u2019s \u201csense of humor.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just kidding, Elon! <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/05\/elon-musk-accused-of-rampant-use-of-ketamine-ecstasy-psychedelic-mushrooms-during-time-on-trump-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes Move over, Hunter S. Thompson! There\u2019s a new (alleged) illicit substance enthusiast storming America\u2019s campaign trails, and he\u2019s (allegedly) been loading himself up with more mind-altering chemicals than the lost-and-found box at a Phish concert. Yes, according to a new report from the New York Times, Elon Musk was \u201cusing drugs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":171519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-171518","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171518"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171518\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}