UP IN SMOKE? Air Force (not a typo) may be investigating Elon Musk over apparent pot use

If you were on Twitter today, you no doubt saw this story of Elon Musk apparently smoking pot while on the Joe Rogan podcast on Thursday:

Elon Musk smokes weed, talks flamethrowers on Joe Rogan podcast https://t.co/kDrAiBcCtM pic.twitter.com/pTnj5poAZJ

— CNET (@CNET) September 7, 2018

Well, now for the ramifications…

Not only did Tesla shares get crushed today:

Tesla’s stock price fell more than 6 percent Friday as two more executives left the electric automaker and CEO Elon Musk appeared to smoke marijuana on a podcast. https://t.co/JB8sANbSiI

— San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle) September 7, 2018

But now the Air Force is reportedly investigating Musk’s apparent pot use as Space X is a government contractor and “marijuana use is prohibited for people with government security clearance”:

SCOOP: After inquiries by @FoxBusiness i am told that the @usairforce has begun to look into @elonmusk's pot-smoking during @joerogan interview. at issue: @SpaceX is a government contractor and marijuana use is prohibited for people w govt security clearance — stay tuned

— Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) September 7, 2018

A “source” told CNBC the same thing:

The U.S. Air Force has begun looking into Elon Musk apparently smoking weed on a podcast, a source at the military branch told CNBC on Friday. https://t.co/Jb6MDElAc3

— Rob Price (@robaeprice) September 7, 2018

And:

https://twitter.com/tsrandall/status/1038169841553879040

UP IN SMOKE? Air Force (not a typo) may be investigating Elon Musk over apparent pot use

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