While Elon Musk jetted between billion-dollar boardrooms and the White House, racked up $275 million in campaign donations to Donald Trump, and fathered his 14th child, a new report reveals he was also heavily medicated—recreationally and otherwise.
According to the New York Times, Musk Allegedly maintained a serious ketamine habit, indulged in ecstasy and psychedelic mushrooms, and traveled with a daily pill box containing roughly 20 substances, including what appeared to be Adderall.
And yet, despite erratic behavior, Nazi-like salutes at rallies, and slurred answers in public interviews, Musk was still granted unprecedented access to national power, including classified briefings and the authority to recommend sweeping cuts across federal agencies as head of Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). If that’s not white privilege on a platinum platter, I don’t know what is.
Elon Musk isn’t just a tech billionaire anymore; he’s a cultural symbol—one that the Trump administration has chosen to elevate and protect, even as reports of serious drug abuse, questionable judgment, and ethical breaches pile up. The hypocrisy is galling, especially when you consider that everyday people—particularly Black and Brown Americans—are routinely criminalized and demonized for far less.
For example, if a young Black father of two was pulled over with ketamine in his car, the narrative wouldn’t be about self-medicating for depression or high-pressure work environments. It would be about criminal intent, irresponsibility, and bad parenting. He’d be labeled a threat, not a visionary. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is managing 14 kids, popping psychedelics like Tic Tacs, insulting Cabinet members, and still being defended by figures like Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services, who’s spent more time attacking vaccines than addressing the opioid crisis ravaging American families.
It’s no wonder Musk feels untouchable. He’s been given the celebrity fast pass to government—no drug testing, no consequences, no accountability. According to insiders, even at SpaceX, where federal contracts require strict drug-free policies, Musk received advance warnings about “random” drug tests. That kind of systemic leniency simply doesn’t exist for regular citizens. And certainly not for people of color.
Let’s also talk about the optics and danger of that access. While Musk was allegedly hallucinating on mushrooms and nursing a ketamine-compromised bladder, he was in rooms where real decisions were made about national security and public policy. We now know from the Times that Musk’s erratic behavior included making a Nazi-like gesture at a rally and openly insulting members of Trump’s Cabinet. But instead of being removed, he was allowed to continue in his role until he decided to quit. That’s not accountability; that’s white-collar immunity.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration continues its crash course in chaos. In the same week Musk exited the White House, reports confirmed that Trump’s chief of staff’s phone had been hacked—another glaring example of this administration’s dangerous ineptitude. Whether it’s handing power to unvetted allies or failing to secure the most basic cybersecurity protocols, the Trump team has once again proven it’s not equipped to run a lemonade stand, let alone a nation.
But none of this exists in a vacuum. It’s part of a larger, dangerous trend where privilege is coddled and misconduct is rewarded—so long as you have the right skin color, the right bank account, or the right political connection. Musk’s drug use is now painted with a sympathetic brush: “He’s self-medicating,” “He’s under pressure,” “He’s just different.” But swap him out for a Black or Brown entrepreneur with the same behaviors, and the headlines would read more like a character assassination than a psychological profile.
And don’t get me started on the kids. Musk has 14 children—many of them born out of overlapping relationships that have led to legal battles and family strife. But we’re not seeing Fox News run primetime specials on “fatherless homes” or “degenerate culture” here. Because again, the rules only apply when you don’t look like Elon Musk.
The bottom line? We have to stop pretending there’s equity in how America treats drug use, family dynamics, or professional misconduct. The same country that throws people in jail for self-medicating with marijuana or Adderall without a prescription is simultaneously applauding a man for “thinking outside the box” while he’s allegedly high on Schedule I narcotics at government meetings.
This isn’t about shaming addiction or mental health struggles. It’s about the selective compassion extended only to those the system already favors. And if the richest man in the world can fund a president, gobble psychedelics, father a dozen kids, insult government officials, and still be granted the keys to national policy—while a 22-year-old Black man gets locked up for the same pill without a prescription—then the American justice system isn’t just broken.
It’s complicit, and so is anyone pretending not to see the difference.
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