--- title: "Police Reports: Meth, Heroin, Cocaine Found at Tesla Factory" description: "The reports, obtained from police in Nevada, describe an environment in which Tesla workers repeatedly left meth, heroin and other drugs out in the open." date: "2019-11-21" modified: "2019-11-21" authors: - name: "Jon Christian" job_title: "Executive Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/police-reports-tesla-drugs-meth-cocaine-heroin" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "drugs" - "gigafactory" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Police Reports: Meth, Heroin, Cocaine Found at Tesla Factory ![The reports, obtained from police Nevada, describe an environment in which workers have repeatedly left meth, cocaine and heroin out in the open.]() *\Image: Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins\* ## Giggedy Enigmatic entrepreneur Elon Musk apologized to SpaceX employees after he puffed a joint on-air with Joe Rogan, [claiming in a mass email]() that "SpaceX maintains a drug free workplace*."* But according to a [cache of police reports]() obtained by government transparency group PlainSite, the Nevada "Gigafactory" operated by Tesla — Musk's other venture — is anything but drug-free. ## Tesla Drugs The reports, obtained from police in Storey County, Nevada, describe an environment in which workers repeatedly left drugs out in the open. One report, titled "Possible Heroin," [describes]() a "brown square" found on the floor of a Tesla restroom. Another [tells of]() a "small pouch," found near a workstation, filled with a white powder that tested positive for cocaine. Another [recounts]() an incident involving a bag containing methamphetamine and a pipe, also found in a restroom. Not all the reports are related to narcotics. One [disturbing report]() describes how a commercial truck pulled out of the Tesla facility and hit a horse, injuring it so badly that the officer had to kill the animal with a shotgun. ## Context Let's be clear: Tesla employs tens of thousands of workers, so it's statistically reasonable that a handful would run into trouble with the law. Still, the newly released documents aren't the first signs that Tesla has had trouble with drugs — last year, a former Tesla employee [alleged that]() the electric carmaker failed to disclose a federal investigation into a drug**-**trafficking operation at the same Nevada factory. Tesla didn't reply to a request for comment. We'll update if they get back. **READ MORE:** [We just received about 150 police reports from Storey County, NV regarding the $TSLA factory]() \[PlainSite on Twitter\] **More on Elon Musk:** *[Siemens CEO Denies Slamming “Pot Smoking” Elon Musk]()* ## Author I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()