Sativa/Indica question: [View all]

Regrettably, it's been many long years since I've had the opportunity to smoke pot. Mostly because where I live now, I have no idea how to get any - and even if I did, my workplace does random drug testing. I think it's a fucked up policy, but I do love my job and haven't wanted to put it at risk. The word is, though, that they're thinking of finally ditching the random drug tests - to save money, if nothing else.

With my years of regular pot smoking long behind me, I'm pretty much in the dark as those of you who have dispensaries at hand dicuss this and that different strain, and their myriad exotic or odd-sounding names.

The sum total of my very dated knowledge is this: there were always some kinds of pot that I found to be wonderfully mentally and physically energizing, and some kinds that tended to render one somewhat comatose. I always preferred the former. I used to love smoking a joint and getting on with a big project of housecleaning, or engaging in animated conversation about this or that, or sitting down to write mad, rambling essays about something or other.

So, my question is - which kind is the energizing kind? Sativa or Indica? I'm taking a trip out to Seattle soon to visit my son, and fully intend to take advantage of the availability of the products there. I just want to make sure I have some idea of how to identify what I really want.

Thanks in advance!