Breaking silence, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk Denies Drug Abuse Allegations from NYT, Slams Report as ‘Lies’. Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and a close adviser to President Donald Trump during the 2024 campaign, has publicly denied bombshell allegations by The New York Times that claim he abused ketamine, ecstasy, and hallucinogenic mushrooms. In a strongly worded response posted on his social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), Musk called the report “bs” and accused the Times of lying “their ass off.”