Idk, some of my friends are into them. It depends on which you're doing and how much/often. I chose not to play around with chemicals where the long term effects are unknown.
The K generally seemed to be pretty good although last year more weird shit was showing up as K. From what I saw it was mostly MXE but didn't test a ton of it. The reports were that the K was still decent generally, but it seems like everything is going downhill.
The molly is all garbage pretty much. That sucks that it was that bad up in canada. I know in the US it makes a lot of sense because of the difficulties/expense of getting the real drug for most people. Down here it's been pretty much all methylone, some mephedrone, and some meth. Had a couple tests last summer that were unknown. One guy had a bag of meth, and the other bag couldn't identify.
As far as the friends thing. DON'T TRUST YOUR FRIENDS. Seriously. It sounds fucked up, but it's nothing against your friends. Nobody knows what the hell is going on, most people are completely ignorant. Unless your friend has a test kit and tested the substance they gave you NEVER blindly trust them.
Hell this girl at counterpoint I offered to test her shit. "I got it from a trusted friend" ME"Well do you want to know what it is?" her"I got it from a trusted friend" ME"No seriously do you want to find out what it is?" She was confused as fuck but was like whatever. Tested it, boom methylone. She was like "How did you know". Pretty much all the "molly" is garbage these days.
This new "rave" scene and the dubstep wave is helping fuel it. A ton of naive kids going out to these shows to get fucked up, kids with little experience if any. If they get fucked up, and feel a little bit speedy then it's real to them. They have no idea that there are a fuck ton of drugs that can speed you up, and that doesn't mean they have anything to do with mdma or mda.
" LSD and mushrooms are safe and easy to find"
WRONG WRONG WRONG
LSD is fairly safe other than the common problems associated with the drug. "LSD" or "acid" at a show is not safe. There's a fuck ton of shitty research chemicals getting blotted out on paper and sold at shows. It's much cheaper and legal to purchase some of the chemicals. Some of these chemicals will make you hallucinate but they can also have devastating long lasting effects on your mind. Not that LSD is a completely safe drug by any means but some of these designer drugs are super sketchy, with many you know nothing about the longterm effects. With mushrooms things are pretty good. Unless some clown goes and picks random shrooms in the woods and sells them you're looking alright. Generally with mushrooms they're either good, or they're completely bunk. If you can spot the right ones it's not foolproof but it helps.
"why people choose to be human guinea pigs is beyond me"
Because they're naive. They blindly trust the guy selling them the drugs, which is fucking retarded. That's life though.
"I'd hate to be a doctor at the ER during a festival. People coming in all overdosed on mystery drugs."
At camp bisco the last 2 years I saw such a ridiculous amount of people on the ground, or getting carted off from having reactions to salts and other lovely chemicals being sold as "molly".
It's all fun in games until somebody you know is seizing on the ground because your group though it was a stupid idea to spend 20 bucks on a test kit.
Seriously people, is your life or a friends life not worth 20 bucks?
BE SKEPTICAL
ASK QUESTIONS
NEVER BLINDLY TRUST SOMEONE WITH DRUGS
TEST EVERYTHING
BE SAFE
HAVE FUN