Elon Musk made waves for smoking a cigar laced with cannabis during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, and he recently told the full extent of the blowback.
On the latest episode of the Full Send Podcast, Musk claimed the federal government drug tested him after the incident.
“It was pretty nutty actually. I had to have like random drug tests and stuff after that to prove that I’m not like a drug addict,” Musk said.
“Really?” Kyle Forgeard, co-host of the podcast, asked.
“By who though, who gives you the random drug tests?” co-host Aaron Steinberg added.
“The federal government,” Musk said, “because SpaceX has a federal government contract. And it’s still illegal federally. So like the SpaceX competitors were like, ‘hey, why aren’t you doing anything?’ You know, ‘Look at him smoking, just like brazenly, smoking weed on Joe Rogan’s podcast.’”
At the time, an Air Force spokesman said it was “inaccurate” that an investigation was opened against the Tesla and SpaceX CEO.
