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Hindustan Times Mumbai
|June 02, 2025
Billionaire Elon Musk said that he is not using the drug ketamine, disputing a report by the New York Times that alleged extensive use of that and other drugs.
WASHINGTON:
"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".
Musk, who had been working as a close adviser to President Donald Trump in his efforts to cut government spending, stepped away from that role last week.
This story is from the June 02, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Mumbai.
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