I used to read countless amounts of books on psychedelics when I was in high school. My dad gave me a mushroom growers guide when I was 16ish or 17ish???? Never grew any, but I can say that most of the mushrooms I have taken....... have started out mellow but later on I always end up debating with the devil.
Over here they sell a lot of "philosophers stone" sorts of truffles, I think they are still legal in the states, not sure, have to check the laws back at home but I know you can order em from magictruffles.com or something. First night I tried some I think the "mexicana" ones, they kicked my ass majorly and I ALMOST never wanted to do them again.
As far as weed goes, it makes me sleepy, super sleepy. If I wanna have a kickass night of sleep, I can take two hits and be out for 6 hours atleast. I have to say we walked into a coffee shop in Amsterdam and smoked half of one pure joint and I thought I was going to have to be carried back to the hotel (it was insane compared to what I used to get in NC). So it sounds pretty lame/cliche/whatever but if you do smoke and/or grow, Amsterdam is worth the trip... The hemp museum is really cool, the seed banks are cool too. The touristy coffee shops suck but Basjoe and Cafe Rusland on the outskirts of redlight are really cool!