The Full Boof

New York accepted 50 cannabis nursery applications in eight minutes. The next licensing round belongs with the only company more experienced at monetizing artificial scarcity: Ticketmaster.

DEA federally registered more than 900 medical marijuana dispensaries, then built a closed provider network complete with out-of-network growers, unresolved tax coverage and a rule requiring the government to buy cannabis crops and sell them straight back.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO — Missouri has once again demonstrated its unmatched ability to take something relatively simple, run it through a legislative wood chipper, and hand the resulting pile of shit to cannabis dispensaries with instructions to figure it out themselves. This time, the issue is customer privacy. Beginning November 12, 2026, Missouri cannabis dispensaries will be prohibited from creating or retaining records containing adult-use consumers' identifying inform

A New Jersey lawsuit alleges social-equity owners were placed prominently on cannabis applications and pushed out of actual control. The industry has responded by formalizing the audition process.

MISSOURI — In another inspiring example of the cannabis industry's unwavering commitment to putting people first, Agri-Genesis has reportedly celebrated its acquisition of Verts by introducing an exciting new employee benefits program called Go Fuck Yourself. The program, which management has not actually given that name, allows employees to experience the thrill of losing their accumulated paid time off while simultaneously enjoying the privilege of continuing to work a

Michigan regulators opened packages identified as marijuana flower and reportedly found material resembling dirt and mulch. Millie Montana has now pioneered drug trafficking in reverse.

Wisconsin has no cannabis licensing system, so prosecutors built one with 13 felony counts. The owner of Hemp 1848 allegedly disguised high-potency marijuana as legal hemp and received a tentative renewal date in 2156.

After California recalls flower packaged with a collectible figurine, Backpackboyz finds the obvious solution: partner with BOOK IT! and count every eighth purchased as a completed book toward a free Personal Pan Pizza.

Curaleaf plans to take a stock-and-cash offer directly to Aurora shareholders after a private courtship both sides describe differently. Corporate cannabis has entered its hostile-wedding era.

Trulieve, Curaleaf, Verano, a Green Thumb subsidiary, an AYR-linked holding company, and Ascend gave $11.5 million to a Trump-linked PAC, finally revealing who corporate cannabis thinks deserves social equity funding.

Michigan processor GCM Waypoint agreed to close after regulators alleged interstate cannabis transport, missing cartridges, empty tagged boxes, untagged material and major inventory failures.

Spirit Halloween has launched a cannabis incubator for companies with national ambitions, unpaid vendors and roughly 90 days before the lenders take the furniture. The faculty includes executives from Cannabist, PharmaCann, AYR, TerrAscend and FLUENT.

SACRAMENTO, CA — California regulators announced this week that they have officially opened an investigation into one of the cannabis industry's greatest unsolved mysteries: How does California weed keep showing up absolutely everywhere outside California?

An Ohio cannabis candy fraud case inspires the industry’s most honest edible yet: Investor Gummies, infused with projections, delusion, and the sudden urge to wire money before asking questions.

Missouri's next microbusiness licensing round is meant to expand access. Boof investigates the rich white cannabis hopefuls, consultants, and “hardship” experts turning equity into a two-day costume rehearsal.

A cannabis executive's elaborate plan to secure future social equity eligibility collapses when police refuse to issue charges after reviewing the quality of his own flower.

DENVER, CO — According to industry insiders, cannabis operators across America are entering a new phase of strategic planning. It's called: "Getting Acquired Before We Run Out of Money." For years, cannabis executives gathered at conferences and investor meetings to discuss ambitious growth plans, market dominance, national expansion, and becoming the future of consumer packaged goods. Today, many of those same executives are spending their time cleaning up inventory records,