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☆ Elon Musk says he takes a small amount of ketamine every other week
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk shed light on his drug use and how frequently he uses ketamine. He said in an interview with Don Lemon that he took a "small amount once every other week." Musk said last year, after a report about his drug use, that he had a prescription for ketamine. Musk said he used ketamine when he had a "negative chemical state" in his brain "like depression," though he added that he didn't believe he had "extended" depression. When Lemon asked if he abused the drug, Musk responded: "I don't think so.

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☆ How a Google loophole lets drug dealers hijack nearly any website — including our own
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Nor does it always appear to pay attention to other signals webmasters code in asking Google not to index their search results. It's why someone advertised how to buy cocaine and fentanyl in Pittsburgh on a National Institutes of Health website. It directs searchers to the Telegram user who offered to sell Insider cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines. The proliferation of drug ads in search results lands amid a growing upswell of discontent with what some users and website owners say is the declining quality of Google Search. For now, a simple Google search leads prospective drug buyers to markets on Telegram.

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☆ Insider Today: A Google loophole exposed
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This post originally appeared in the Insider Today newsletter. In today's big story, we're looking at how a Google loophole brings advertisements for illegal drugs hosted on defaced government websites to the top of search results. Previously, that wasn't an issue since these web pages never appeared in Google searches because website owners restricted Google from indexing them. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe result is people using internal search functions to create webpages advertising drugs on websites viewed as trustworthy by Google. The Insider Today team: Dan DeFrancesco, senior editor and anchor, in New York City.

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☆ Elon Musk reportedly microdoses ketamine to treat depression and takes full doses of the drug at parties
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk has told people he microdoses ketamine for depression, The Wall Street Journal reported. On Monday, Musk said on Twitter that ketamine is a "better option" than traditional drugs. Elon Musk has told people he is taking small doses of ketamine to treat depression and has been seen taking the drug recreationally as well, according to a recent report from The Wall Street Journal. The publication said the billionaire takes full doses of the drug at parties, citing individuals who have seen Musk use ketamine as well as other people with direct knowledge. But, the Tesla CEO tweeted about the use of ketamine to treat depression less than two hours after The Journal's report was published.

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