Susan Sarandon likes an out-of-body experience every now and then.
The 67-year-old actress confessed that she’s not new to the idea of mushrooms when asked if she’s ever used psychedelics while attending Nevada’s Burning Man arts festival.
“Well, it’s pretty psychedelic to begin with,” she told the Daily Beast. “But, yeah, I’m not new to the idea of mushrooms. I don’t really like chemical things, really. Timothy Leary was a friend of mine, so that acid was nice and pure, but I’m not really looking for chemicals, and I don’t like to feel speedy. But I’ve done Ayahuasca and I’ve done mushrooms and things like that. But I like those drugs in the outdoors — I’m not a city-tripper.”
Sarandon also revealed she had a passionate relationship with David Bowie.
As for marijuana, Sarandon suggests not smoking if you have responsibilities to attend to. “My attitude about marijuana or anything is, ‘Don’t be stoned if you have to pretend you’re not,’ so I’d never do drugs if I was taking care of my kids,” explained the ping-pong queen. “I like doing it in the Grand Canyon, or in the woods. You want to be prepared and not have responsibilities.”
The conversation soon shifted to the drug becoming decriminalized in New York. Sarandon thinks it will be legal everywhere soon.
“Certainly, if more people were smoking instead of drinking, people don’t get mean on weed, don’t beat up their wives on weed, and don’t drive crazy on weed,” she said. “They just get hungry, don’t go out of the house, or laugh a lot. I think it would make for a much more gentle world.”