The newspaper reported that Musk had been taking ketamine, ecstasy, mushrooms, Ambient, Adderall and other drugs while on the job.

Musk has spoken about his prescription ketamine use in the past. Last March, he told journalist Don Lemon that he uses a “small amount” of ketamine about once every other week. The ketamine, he said, is prescribed by “an actual, real doctor.”

The billionaire has made clear he is frustrated with the obstacles he encountered as he tried to upend the federal bureaucracy.

Elon Musk avoided a question about a Friday report alleging he has a drug problem during his press conference in the Oval Office with President Donald Trump. Ahead of the Friday press conference, the New York Times published a report saying Musk went “well beyond” occasional drug use in an article titled,

Elon Musk mocked The New York Times on Friday over new reporting about his alleged drug use and "family drama." PETER DOOCY, FOX NEWS: The president mentioned that you had to deal with all the "slings and arrows" during your time at DOGE.

Autonomy on Judge Picks: President Trump appears to be declaring independence from outside constraints on how he nominates judges, signaling that he is looking for loyalists who will uphold his agenda and denouncing the conservative legal network that helped him remake the federal judiciary in his first term.