The pot use was done in the open to distract everyone from focusing on Tesla's Chief Accounting Officer quitting the company after a month on the job.

Anyway, the public pot use on Rogan's podcast is just what's being publicly acknowledged in the media for the moment, there are many rumors of more hard drug use. The Pentagon is probably also focused on Musk needing funding from Chinese banks for the Shanghai Tesla factory they've been teasing every couple of weeks.

Although practically no CEO would hide alcohol use, which is - scientifically speaking - far more harmful than cannabis use.

Edit: I mistakenly wrote "less" instead of "more". Now corrected.

There is no harm in doing donuts in a parking lot with no shirt on either, but it isn't an image that Tesla needs in the current cultural climate.

Debatable. It's hard to predict the public. I think they could possibly turn that one into a PR win. Odds would be against them though.

Right, that is what is cool about Elon. He could probably get away with it. Still, it would not be a conservative move on his part.

Did you mean more harmful?

Just off the top of my head, there is doubt whether cannabis is actually physically addictive.

Ethanol withdrawal, on the other hand, can kill you.

There is no measurable LD50 (lethal dose for 50% of subjects) for THC.

Lethal overdoses of ethanol are quite common.

Yes but you originally said alcohol is far less harmful than THC

Oops - you're right. I meant the opposite.

I don't personally disagree with that but CEOs are the public face of a company and he's running an American company where there is still stigma against marijuana. It does not show good judgment on his part.

I question whether there's actually a stigma. I mean, it's legal in ten states.

Anything illegal in 40 states likely has an actual stigma.

Obviously its not stigmatized enough to dissuade Elon from publicizing his use of weed. I'd say partaking in marijuana is more acceptable in those 40 states than being non-straight based my own experience.

is it hard to say what "good" judgement is?

one person might think it's bad judgement to be on a podcast that talks about psychedelics, conspiracy, and weed...

another might think it's bad judgement to do business with folks who don't practice sharia law.

from my perspective, I'm super glad that Elon's out there sticking both his middle fingers up at the establishment. Even if it's just for the sake of perception control or stock market philandering, i am grateful somebody is doing it so publicly.

Integrity :is: good judgment.

Few CEOs would be willing to get sloshed on camera for a podcast, I suspect.

you mean _more_ harmful than cannabis or?

https://www.businessinsider.com/alcohol-marijuana-which-wors...