Bangladesh, June 19 -- Elon Musk has again found himself at the center of media controversy, this time in response to allegations by The New York Times that he has been regularly consuming a “cocktail of substances,” including powerful illicit drugs and psychedelics. In a public rebuttal that reflects both his defiant persona and his mastery of media engagement, Musk published a drug test report from a certified laboratory showing negative results for a wide range of substances, aiming to dispel mounting rumors and accusations about his mental state and executive fitness.

The test, administered by the US Drug Testing Laboratories and shared via Musks X (formerly Twitter) account on June 17, returned negative results for amphe...