Taiwan prosecutors find Elon Musk not guilty of instructing or inducing people to smoke marijuana

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment cannabis legalization, elon musk, marijuana, Ministry of Justice, Zoe Lee

The Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office has concluded that Elon Musk is not guilty of inducing others to smoke marijuana, following an investigation arising from accusations made against the American billionaire by lawyer Zoe Lee. On August 23, 2023, Lee, who serves as secretary-general of Taiwan’s Green Party, filed a lawsuit accusing Musk of smoking marijuana during a show aired online in 2018, spreading the notion that marijuana is harmless. Musk also loosened regulations to allow marijuana advertisements on his social

composite picture showing Elon Musk smoking pot and pro-cannabis advocates in Taiwan

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August 11, 2023August 11, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment cannabis, elon musk, Green Party, marijuana, marine search and rescue, Zoe Lee

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has been reported to the Taipei District Prosecutor’s Office on the accusation of seducing people to use drugs, putting prosecutors in the awkward position of being obliged to investigate the tech billionaire if prosecutors take recent statements of their Ministry of Justice seriously. The demand for prosecutors to investigate the well-known tech CEO was a response to a statement made by the Ministry of Justice earlier this month that teaching marijuana use on the Internet, “spreading