After about two hours of conversation and sipping Old Camp whiskey on comedian Joe Rogan's live podcast Thursday night, Tesla founder Elon Musk accepted what Rogan said was marijuana wrapped in tobacco and took a nice long toke. "I mean, it's legal, right?" Musk asked. His friends were apparently watching the YouTube feed. "I'm getting text messages from friends saying 'What the hell are you doing smoking weed?'" Musk said after his phone started vibrating a few minutes later. "I'm not a regular smoker of weed," he added, telling Rogan that he "almost never" smokes it because "I don't think it's very good for productivity."
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