860
SpaceX executives worried Elon Musk was on drugs during 'cringeworthy' all-hands meeting, WSJ reports
(www.businessinsider.com)
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2024
860 points (97.3% liked)
News
35692 readers
2790 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.
Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.
7. No duplicate posts.
If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.
All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I heard some of the really wealthy Silicon Valley types kit out their own private laboratory and hire chemists.
I heard aliens are real. That doesn't exactly make it true. I doubt anyone with half a brain would have a full blown narcotics lab. At least, I've never heard of such a thing.
I don't know... Some of us common folk put a lot of what money we have into little hobby pot farms and greenhouses. If a billionaire just keeps throwing money at it, they can have a pretty nice setup of whatever drug manufacturing they want.
You're right, though. Never heard of it, but I won't be surprised if we ever do.
Small batch boutique narcotics are a market just waiting to be milked in Silicon Valley.
The purest of pure cocaine,..charge 10x the price of the best on the street.
Any and all RC’s you’d ever want at your fingertips, etc etc.
It’s just far too lucrative to think nobody is doing it.
Esp when you consider that most street drugs are laced with fentanyl/carfentanil.
That almost guarantees the rich and famous have their own supply line.
I've been wondering how this could make sense as I've seen it claimed more and more often (feels very similar to the original war on drugs hysteria of the 80s and 90s), and I admit I haven't looked too deeply, but it seems this is once again something being overblown due to the war on drugs.
There is lots more info on the article linked, I just cherrypicked these two summary statements.
There's far more detail in the article.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/8xyzkp/the-truth-about-drug-dealers-lacing-cocaine-with-fentanyl
Obviously, you aren't around drugs/drug users that often. Fent definitely is a real issue. A lot of my drug using friends(that are still alive) have conspiracies about why its in everything thats "not natural"(weed/shrooms/etc) for lack of better term... But it has started to show up in everything the last decade. Uppers/downers/psychs. Shits ridiculous
But for anyone dabbling.. Test strips are cheap. Use them. Mix the shit up good and test, even if you gotta break down the rock. Your friends and family dont want to find you dead covered in your own shit, piss and puke cause you were to lazy and cheap to test the shit.
Who needs repeat business? Just twirl your mustache at your dead clientele.
Isn't that why they lace it? Cheaper and more addicting. Some are just stupid enough to put a bit too much and end up killing people.
That's the qualifier. I have no idea why anyone would think marijuana would be contaminated with fentanyl.
Fair, but that qualifier seems to be missing on billboards I see and even in this statement:
This gives the impression that cannabis, LSD, shrooms, etc etc are also at risk here.
When most people (including journalists) speak about street drugs they're referencing heroin, cocaine, meth, etc ... not LSD, pot or mushrooms.
That seems an odd disqualification to me, but I'll take your word for it.
Especially when there are (semi-) legalized dispensaries that have to go through certified laboratories. Hey, maybe that's the solution.
John McAfee did.
Yeah but he was trying to make a new super meth Viagra to fuel his week long orgies, he's not really a typical case
Typical among multi millionaires and billionaires? I'm not so sure. Especially when they're named Elon.
Also, McAfee was a known poster to certain forums where home drug lab questions were common, so it's certainly a thing.
That's totally what I'd do.