"Musk Also Takes It"... Silicon Valley Is Addicted Not to Money but to 'Drugs'

WSJ Exposes Using Statements from Musk's Inner Circle
Hallucinogen Use Becomes Silicon Valley Business Practice
"Big Tech Famous Entrepreneurs and Investors All Depend"

There has been a revelation that founders of the innovative industry in the United States' Silicon Valley are relying on narcotics and hallucinogens.

The U.S. Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on the 27th (local time), citing sources from Silicon Valley, that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has used the narcotic 'ketamine'.

People close to Musk, contacted by WSJ, claimed that they either directly witnessed him taking ketamine or heard from him about his ketamine use.

Another big tech figure, Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, is reportedly a frequent user of 'magic mushrooms.' Magic mushrooms contain psilocybin, a substance that induces hallucinations when absorbed into the body. However, unlike narcotics, they have low dependency and are mainly used to treat alcoholism and cocaine addiction.

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, attended the '2023 Viva Technology,' Europe's largest startup exhibition, held on the 16th (local time) at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France.
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Founders Fund, a venture capital (VC) firm famous for making huge profits by investing in reusable rocket developer SpaceX and the world's largest social networking service (SNS) company Facebook, shocked many by even providing hallucinogenic drugs at parties attended by executives.

WSJ issued a warning about the increasingly permissive culture toward narcotics in Silicon Valley. The media pointed out, "Drug use used to happen only after work," adding, "Now it has entered the corporate culture itself."

It further warned, "Tech company executives and employees at the forefront of management view hallucinogens, especially psilocybin, ketamine, and LSD, as tools for business innovation."

Cal Goldfield, a marketing consultant working in San Francisco, California, where Silicon Valley was established, told the media, "Currently, millions of people are taking even tiny amounts of hallucinogens." According to Goldfield, users believe these hallucinogenic drugs elevate their mental capacity to the 'maximum level.'

However, WSJ criticized this belief, stating, "It is not a medical experiment or an investment opportunity but merely a routine part of business," and added, "This leads to drug dependence and abuse."

Musk, Brin, and others reportedly did not respond to WSJ's requests for comment.

CEO Musk posted on his Twitter that "sometimes taking ketamine might be a better choice than antidepressants."
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However, after WSJ published this article online, Musk himself posted on his Twitter account, saying, "Depression tends to be overdiagnosed in the U.S. But for some, depression is really close to a brain neurotransmitter problem."

He continued, "SSRIs (antidepressants commonly prescribed for depression) often turn people into zombies," and claimed, "From what I have seen with friends, occasionally taking ketamine is a better choice (for depression)."

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