Following in the tradition of generations of psychonauts with sketch pads, pastels, and pacifiers, Bryan Lewis Saunders made a whole collection of self-portraits while tripping on drugs.

Basically, he took this highly personal experience and turned it into one that everyone can share. These mind-blowing portraits were made on a vast array of different substances, ranging from anti-depressants, to salvia, to “prison wine.”

Saunders writes that he took a different drug every day to see how it affected his self-perception. Within weeks, he “became lethargic and suffered mild brain damage” — so do I really need to recommend you don’t try this experiment at home?

Today, he continues the experiment, but only with drugs he’s given by medical professionals for unrelated health problems. See below:

Hydrocodone, Oxycontin, and Xanax

Cocaine

IV morphine

Marijuana

“Prison wine”

Bath salts

Crystal meth

IV valium (in the hospital)

Salvia

Abilify, Ativan, and Xanax

Huffing gas

PCP

Adderall

Ativan

Cough syrup

DMT

Huffing lighter fluid

Percocet

Zoloft

G-13 marijuana

Zyprexa

Tramadol

Xanax

Pot brownies

Trazodone (a sleeping medication)

Ritalin

Hash

Heroin

Real absinth

Ambien

Butane honey oil

Buspar

Dilaudid

Computer duster, huffed

90 mg Abilify

Butalbital

250mg cephalexin

4mg Dilaudid

Geodon

IV valium

Lortab

3mg Klonopin

Nitrous

2mg nicotine gum

Nitrous + Valium

4mg Risperdal

Marijuana resin

Seroquel

Valium

Research chemical 251-NBOMe

You can trip out by proxy some more on Bryan Saunders’ website at http://bryanlewissaunders.org/drugs/. 

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