Marijuana-infused neighbor conflicts: Ways to clear the air

Neighbors and pot conflicts — ways to clear the air

Neighbors can feud about nearly everything — barking dogs, unkempt front yards, loud parties, cigarette smoke. And now, with marijuana legal for adult recreational use and more available than ever, weed joins the list.

Parental dilemma: 4/20 weekend with your kids? There are options

Parental dilemma: 4/20 weekend with your kids? There are options

What’s a parent to do on 4/20 weekend? There’s no reason to stay at home. There are options that are less stoney, but still fun, including a pet expo in Denver, an African festival in Boulder and Saturday and Sunday options for Easter egg hunting.

Small seed remains large hurdle for legal hemp farming

Colorado farmers wonder: How to get hemp seeds?

Farmers in Colorado are learning about how to plant, cultivate and harvest hemp legally for the first time since the crop was outlawed decades ago. But one thing remains unclear: getting the seed. “It’s kind of a catch there right now,” said Ron Carleton, the state’s deputy commissioner of agriculture.

Adams County hosts hemp information session for farmers

Farmers flock to hemp info session in Adams County

After more than a half century of being forbidden from growing hemp, farmers from across Colorado gathered in Adams County recently to ask experts about the now-legal plant.

Gone Hemp: Miss Mustard Seed’s Hemp Oil Wood Finish (review)

Miss Mustard Seed offers a 100 percent natural Hemp Oil Wood Finish as a protective, water-resistant top coat for raw and painted wood pieces. Users will recognize the nutty, grassy hemp scent of this furniture oil, as opposed to the chemical smell of more common solvent-based wood cleaners.

Shop Sesh: MegaFauna's John McCaskill loves to keep it local (interview)

Shop Sesh: Why MegaFauna loves to keep it local (interview)

MegaFauna in Denver’s RiNo neighborhood, a.k.a. River North, is the brainchild of Colorado native John McCaskill, who sought to create a local collective to showcase up-and-coming designers, artists and vintage apparel.

Employment law vs. legalization

Colorado employees and employers are caught in a legal tug-of-war between Colorado state laws that say medical and recreational marijuana is legal, and the federal laws that still prohibit it. This raises many difficult questions, both for working professionals and for employers.

Colorado's MED pot enforcers vow more action

Colorado’s marijuana regulators vow to step up enforcement

The state agency overseeing Colorado’s historic experiment in marijuana legalization is adding enforcement agents, data analysis and undercover operatives — steps officials say will help them better hold businesses accountable.

Colorado 4/20 events guide

UPDATED: 47 ways to party in Colorado on 4/20 in 2014

So what’s happening on 4/20 in Colorado? A lot — so much that you might need this handy Colorado 4/20 guide. We’ve been keeping a running list of happenings, and we’ll keep this updated.

Cannabist Q&A: seeds, outdoor gardening, rec purchase woes

Cannabist Q&A: seeds, outdoor gardening, rec shopping woes

Readers have marijuana questions, and here are answers. In this installment, topics include buying seeds in Colorado, when is good time to start growing outdoors and a disappointing recreational shopping experience.

Agent Orange marijuana review, Strain Theory

Agent Orange (marijuana review)

People are always asking for recommendations for good daytime smoke that won’t knock them out, and Agent Orange definitely delivers in that regard. “As we stepped into the coffee shop equivalent of the feminist bookstore in ‘Portlandia,’ I knew two things: we were in Boulder and I wasn’t nearly high enough.”

Congress yawns at Colorado delegation's marijuana banking bill

Congress says “meh” to marijuana banking bill

As cannabis workers carry cash by the briefcase throughout Colorado, the lack of interest in Washington suggests that federal legislation to green-light banking practices for the marijuana industry is headed nowhere fast.

Chef Tom Coohill doesn't drug test his employees because if he did, "I wouldn’t have any employees – including myself." (Via Coohills)

Denver chef Tom Coohill talks pot in workplace, rock club, bedroom

Denver chef Tom Coohill is talking about it all. Having sex while high. Cooking while stoned. Understanding prog rock band Rush more thoroughly via chemistry. No topic is taboo as Coohill sits in his popular LoDo restaurant’s fashionable bar listening to Radiohead and sipping on a pint.

Edible review: Cheeba Chews

Edibles review: Cheeba Chews CBD lends some TLC

This edible has a higher level of cannabidiol for pain relief without the “high” feeling. “My hopes for this experience were fairly reasonable. My checklist: the edible must be edible; it needs to kick in within a sensible amount of time; and it should actually target my lower back pain.”

St. Patrick's weekend events

Pot o’ gold: 10 events for a stoney St. Pat’s weekend

Of course there’s the parade, and many other things to do, including conventional stuff (kegs and eggs) — and extremely unconventional (dream interpretation?) “Would you believe me if I said the parade is the least exciting thing going on this weekend?”

Club Ned private marijuana club preparing to open

Nederland pot club to open in a few weeks

Club Ned is set to be the only cannabis cafe — a private club where members can go to smoke marijuana — in Boulder County when it opens sometime in the next few weeks.

Colorado businesses cleaning up “stoner” image to appeal to mainstream

Curiosity alone may not be enough to recast the marketing image of pot consumers as connoisseurs rather than loopy stoners, advertising pros say. And while pot businesses may want to attract a wider range of consumers, they can’t afford to offend their existing customer base.

"Colorado Pot Rush" a balanced Harry Smith CNBC documentary

“Colorado Pot Rush” has motherlode of info, views

NBC News contributor Harry Smith returns to his old Colorado stomping grounds to lead a proper tour of the local pot industry. “Marijuana in America: Colorado Pot Rush,” premieres Feb. 26 at 8 p.m. MST on CNBC. It’s either the end of Prohibition II or the beginning of a dangerous social experiment. Viewers will decide.