Ok, Lifelongthing, I'm sorry, but I don't want any misconceptions or wrong information brewing here, so...
ALL WHO ARE INTERESTED IN DRUGS AND THEIR EFFECTS READ THIS PLEASE!!!
Let's just go one by one. And please note, not all drugs are for everyone!
-- Pot: fairly simple. Gets you high, can calm people down, can help with depression in some people, can help with PTSD, pain, upset stomachs, anxiety, insomnia, and other issues. Can be prepared into food or smoked.
-- Alcohol: I don't think this really needs an explanation. Gets you drunk, can be a good or bad experience depending on how much you drink, who you're with, the environment you're in, etc.
-- LSD/acid: similar to shrooms, but those that have tried both have told me that trips from LSD are a bit easier to control, and it's easier to stop a trip from going "bad" and making it "good" again. Comes either in tab-form or liquid-form. Causes hallucinations usually related to color (colors will seem brighter, you'll see more of them, rainbows will seem to be everywhere for some people, etc)., but can also cause things to look like they're moving when they're not, and can cause hallucinations of other things such as a bird seeming like it's there when it's not. Can promote/provoke "deep thinking", usually thoughts regarding the mysteries of the universe (such as the point of life, why we're here, religious stuff, etc). Can cause people to become purely thought-focused and not have emotional reactions to thoughts (for example, someone can have a really dark thought about the world, but state it as a simple observation and not feel any emotional attachment to it or realize that it was "dark"). Can also cause people to feel emotions differently, such as mixing them with colors, like "I feel purple". This drug is to be respected. If done correctly/safely, it can be the best experience of your life. If done "wrong"/unsafely (such as taking it only due to peer pressure, or taking too much instead of starting slow), it can end up being bad trip, and it can grab you and be like "Oh no, you took this, now you will watch this". As long as you respect the drug and aren't, well, stupid about it, it's fine. Our first trip was done wrong, we took it for the wrong reasons and we took too much (trusting idiot friends instead of ourselves and our gut responses). We've tripped several times since then, and haven't had a bad trip since because we do it right. We take it when we want to and we don't take more than we want to/know we can handle.
-- MDMA/Molly (people get this mixed up with ecstasy all the time): MDMA/Molly is the PURE FORM of ecstasy. Ecstasy is the un-pure form of Molly- it's cut/made with different drugs, or unsafe chemicals, and it can be unknown what you're buying when you get Ecstasy. Molly is the pure form of ecstasy. It is usually cut with roots/herbs like sarsaparilla (aka the root used to make root beer), or vitamins like vitamin C, and then sometimes it does get cut with drugs like meth or speed, but usually you have to request that type of mixture. It comes in pressed-pill form and powder form. Molly was originally developed for relationship counseling purposes. It is designed to help people feel amazing, to make everything feel amazing, and to make everything seem amazing. It is designed to help people open up, feel more comfortable being honest, have an easier time expressing feelings/emotions, and it makes people happy by tapping into people's serotonin supply. (HOWEVER, this does NOT make the come-down that bad. 5 htp pills can help immensely with balancing out and replenishing serotonin, and those can be taken after you "roll"- what you do when you take molly, it's called "rolling". And the most it makes you feel when you come down is extremely tired and just "blah". Not a bad "blah". Just like a "I exist, whatever" blah. Kinda like, non-negative apathy, that type of "blah"). It is IMPORTANT to not take Molly too often, as you can burn yourself out that way (although, the good thing is, when you come down, you don't feel like you want to take anymore anyway. It's like your body goes "that was fun, and I'd like that high again, but I don't want to take anymore until I'm ready to again". Molly is a drug to be taken like, once a week, over the weekend, at the very most, and that's with taking 5 htp. Our personal restriction is that we will only take it once every other week at the most). It causes soft things to feel super-soft, it makes people feel amazingly happy, it makes everything seem awesome, it helps people bond and become closer, and to all of us in this system, it's the best drug ever. It is an upper, so it will increase your heart rate a bit, but not dangerously like speed or something (though it is something that might prevent you from taking it if you have a heart condition or something like that). It is important to drink water and stay hydrated while rolling, too. But otherwise, there's not much to worry about. Molly is a lot like pot. Pot is really hard/near impossible to OD on, and even when you manage to, you're simply going to be too stoned to move at all or something like that. Molly's similar. It's hard to OD on Molly, and if you find a way to, you'll simply be "rolling balls", the come-down will be a bit harder, or in the very, very rare case, you might have to seek medical attention (only to help monitor your heart rate), but people don't die from Molly like they can from Ecstasy (least, not anywhere near that easily).
-- Shrooms: haven't tried them yet, but want to. We are cautious about it because we've heard that it can be hard to make a trip "good" again if it goes bad, but we are still interested in trying it. As far as we know, shrooms can be eaten or made into a tea. They cause hallucinations similar to LSD/acid, though hallucinations for things such as patterns, things seeming like they're moving, or things that aren't there seem to happen more often/are stronger when they occur than with LSD (at least, from what we've heard from people who've done both).
-- Any other drug should not be tried! Ecstasy, meth, heroin, etc., should never be tried, thought of, or anything like that! They're too chemically, they're too risky, and there's just no reason to want to try them and risk getting addicted, or ruining your body/brain, or something like that.
The only drugs we strongly recommend people to try is pot (even though Molly is the best drug ever, it's a once-in-awhile drug. It's a weekend-party drug. It can't be an everyday thing like pot, and it's not as natural as pot and such).
I hope that helps.
~L.C.