Elon Musk had to take a drug test for a year after smoking weed with Joe Rogan

• Elon Musk had to take a drug test for a year after smoking weed on Joe Rogan’s podcast in 2018.
• He and “the whole of SpaceX” were subjected to random drug tests by the government, he said.
• “I don’t even know how to smoke a joint,” the tech billionaire told the “Full Send” podcast Thursday.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the federal government required him to undergo a one-year random drug test after smoking marijuana on Joe Rogan’s podcast in 2018, ‘the whole of SpaceX’ will be affected. He added that he had received

Appearing on the “Full Send podcast” released Thursday night, Musk said that since weed isn’t legal at the federal level and SpaceX has contracts with the federal government, “many people, including SpaceX’s competitors, “There was a backlash,” he said.

“The results for me and SpaceX weren’t really good,” the tech billionaire told “Full Send,” adding that he didn’t expect so much criticism. His 2018 interview with Rogan, which made headlines at the time, took place in California, where marijuana is legal for both medical and recreational use.

“Then they had to do random drug tests and things like that to prove I wasn’t a drug addict,” Musk said, adding that the tests were mandated by the federal government. Randomly put me through all the drug tests.It wasn’t like ‘pick a day’.I had random drug tests for like a year.”

“Unfortunately, it wasn’t just me, the entire company, the entire SpaceX, had to be randomly drug tested. At the beginning of 2019, it had approximately 6,000 employees.

Under the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, workers in companies receiving federal contracts of $100,000 or more are prohibited from using or distributing drugs in the workplace, and companies must have drug-free workplace policies. I have to.

In an interview with Full Send, Musk also spoke about his stance on drugs, including President Joe Biden’s attempt to get basketball player Britney Griner released from custody in Russia.

“If there are people in America doing the same thing and they’re in jail, shouldn’t they be released too?” Musk said. “In my opinion, people shouldn’t be in prison for non-violent drug offenses.” Musk has previously criticized how the United States prosecutes cannabis-related crimes.

“Some people are still pretty nervous about these things,” he added.

Musk wouldn’t comment on how often he smokes cannabis, but said he wasn’t very good at it.

“Obviously I don’t even know how to smoke a joint. I mean, look at me. I have no joint smoking skills,” he said.

Musk reiterated an earlier comment that weed was “not so good for productivity,” but said psychedelics can help with some mental health conditions.

In a three-hour interview with Full Send, Musk admitted to having nine children, denied the theory that aliens could exist, and moved into a $45,000 property in South Texas. said.