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Musk smoking dope on the Joe Rogan podcast in 2018 (You Tube) The DoD inspector general and others are concerned he may be a security risk due to unreported meetings with foreign officials, plus rampant drug use that would kill a security clearance for regular federal workers.

HIGH SPYING: We’ve been wondering when Elon Musk’s antics and reported drug use would register with the authorities that review his security clearances. The New York Times reported that the U.S. Air Force recently denied the SpaceX CEO and president high-level security access, “citing potential security risks associated with the billionaire.” The Wall Street Journal has chronicled Musk’s ongoing use of the hallucinatory drug ketamine and past use of LSD and other narcotics. On the Joe Rogan show in 2018, he ostentatiously smoked a blunt. The Times reports that Musk has not reported his use of ketamine, which is required even with the prescription the mercurial South African-born billionaire claims he has for it. There’s also concern about Musk’s failure to provide some details of his meetings with foreign leaders.