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Elon Musk defends using prescribed ketamine for ‘negative frame of mind’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has spoken about using ketamine for depressive thoughts [Odd Andersen/AFP]

Elon Musk has defended taking prescribed ketamine to treat his “negative frame of mind,” suggesting that his use of the drug is good for Tesla’s investors.

In an at-times tense interview with former CNN host Don Lemon, Musk said that he finds the anaesthetic helpful when he is suffering from a “negative chemical state”.

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