Love is the Answer

Elon Musk is not a stoner, but it would be ok if he was.

One of the genius minds of our generation, Elon Musk smoked weed during a live interview with Joe Rogan and the news lost their shit. Elon created Tesla, made reusable rockets, massively improved the solar panel industry, and he barely inhales one hit off of a spliff and everything he has done is now in question. The stigma behind weed is hurting working Americans everywhere, so I made this art in a rebellion against the current news cycle to spin this narrative.

After a few drinks and some cannabis influence, Elon talks about the meaning of life and how love is the only answer to happiness. He goes on to talk about how we need to give people more credit and not to demonize others because "people are nicer than you think." This man believes in humanity and everything we can become as a society among the stars. His interview was honestly so emotionally revealing, honest, and made me take a second look at Elon as a person, not just an infamous engineer.

Because of this one toke, alengenly 2 Tesla executives quit, he may be under investigation by the military to remove his security clearance for his Space X program, not to mention Tesla stock fell to a record low. All of this from one hit of marijuana, a drug legal in many states including California, the spot where his interview took place.

An estimated 55 million US adults use marijuana, and I'm one of them. I can be successful and smoke weed at the same time. I wish people would value me based on my work, not the legal plant I smoke to ease my busy mind.

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