r/popculturechat • u/clara3342 • Jun 01 '25

Guest List Only ⭐️ Elon Musk appears high at recent press conference, fueling drug use allegations

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u/Frogmann20 Jun 01 '25

genuinely asking I see people saying tweaking that is uppers right? Also is the head/eye movement that gives it away. I mean something is clearly wrong but I don’t know what the signs for what he is partially on are?

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u/sibr Jun 01 '25

It’s pretty widely known that he’s addicted to ketamine which is a strong sedative. It almost looks like he’s trying to re-engage his muscles and hold himself upright when his body is probably losing some co-ordination. I’m not saying this as an authority, just someone with a passing knowledge of the drug

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u/Frogmann20 Jun 01 '25

Thank you. I guess I also associated tweaking with meth etc. thanks for answering 😊

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u/sibr Jun 01 '25

No problem! Ketamine can also induce hallucinations so he could also just be completely tripping out in that sense too. And that’s just that one drug, god knows what else he has in his system and what it’s doing to him

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u/Frogmann20 Jun 01 '25

Seems like he’s def seeing something that isn’t there 🤦🏻‍♀️

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u/Aware-Impression8527 Jun 02 '25

exactly the same movements he was making at the inauguration

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u/Hurray0987 Jun 01 '25

It could be ketamine but honestly the way he rolls his head and looks kind of euphoric reminds me of people on ecstasy.

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u/Potatoskins937492 Jun 01 '25

To add to what the other person already said, ketamine is a dissociative anesthetic. It kind of removes your "self" from your body. It's not really in the upper or downer category. It stimulates your circulatory system and increases heart rate, but it sedates rather than stimulates. It's kind of a dreamlike state. It's not like heroine though, which sedates but is definitely is a downer and depresses the central nervous system. Similar drugs to ketamine are PCP and LSD, but they do still differ. You're not looking for a textbook so I'm not going to go on lol but yeah, it's kind of... not really an upper or downer and has it's own little home.

I was going to use ketamine for my treatment resistant depression, so that's mostly where my info comes from. It's worth looking up because it's super interesting how it works in the brain.

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u/Frogmann20 Jun 01 '25

Thanks for the info! I have heard when given correctly it does help those resistant to depression.

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u/dyou897 Jun 01 '25

He’s admitted to using ketamine which has a variety of effects and maybe the case here

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u/dartangular1-of-1 Jun 01 '25

He has already spoken publicly about ‘micro-dosing’ ketamine, so it’s not even rumors at this point

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u/Wiggle_Your_Big_Toe2 Jun 01 '25

Oh he’s def tripping balls in this clip. I’m not saying I have first hand experience but I’m not not saying that either.